Christmas 2017

We had a very nice Christmas holiday here...I hope you did, as well!

Christmas Eve
Our tradition on Christmas Eve is to have a bunch of yummy snacks and open gifts. I make all of the snacks...this year, I made them at our place and we took them all over to the townhouse, where we spent the day. I made: 7 layer dip with tortilla chips and Fritos; veggies and Ranch dip; rye bread dip; cheese and sausage tray; cream cheese dip with jalapeno jelly on top with crackers; cookies and sweets. We relaxed at the townhouse and Chris and Aspen put together a new wine rack that Chris bought. We have our 100s of bottles of wine stored over there, in boxes...so he wanted to try to get a lot of it put up. We were able to get 100 bottles in the rack, so we still have 5 boxes of wine. So much wine! They were successful in their project and it was fun to watch them work together! Later that evening, we ate our snacks and then opened up gifts. That was fun, and it was so good to have Aspen there to celebrate with us. We had two Christmases without her, and it definitely didn't feel quite right. We enjoyed our time together, and we all got lots of goodies! We went back to our home that night, and the puppers spent the night at the townhouse...it was just easier than carting all of their stuff back and forth!

Christmas Day
We headed back to the townhouse around 9:30 that morning and enjoyed another relaxing day together. We opened stockings, which is always fun...and Chris and I normally just do stockings with one another, so all our gifts together were opened here. Apparently my main gift from Chris hasn't arrived yet, so still waiting on that...should be here Thursday :) Mimi had a fun day, puttering around her own kitchen making our holiday meal. I brought the green bean casserole but otherwise she cooked everything else and it was delicious! Afterwards, we lazed around...some of us may have dozed a bit (food coma!!). Around 5:00, Aspen's boyfriend, Geordon, arrived and we did Christmas with him, as well. It was fun to watch him open our gifts and enjoy that time together. After a little more food, we headed home and the kids headed out to look at Christmas lights together.

It was good, relaxing family time...we are all very, very blessed! Way more than we deserve.

If you are interested in photos, hop on over to my Instagram or Facebook accounts -- I posted lots of goodies there! Happy Holidays!