I'm just as excited as Buddy the Elf that Santa's about to come!!
With Santa coming soon, it means it's almost time to celebrate Christmas with BOTH of my familes. We are spending the night at the Story's tonight and celebrating Christmas tomorrow and then getting up super early on Saturday to drive home and celebrate with my family. Don't worry, we've let Santa know our plans. :) I love the traditions we've established throughout the years and wanted to share a little glimpse of Christmas at the Turner house.
Christmas Eve
We hang out during the day, do a little last minute gift wrapping, and enjoy a fire and our tree:
At 5:00pm we head right up the street to Discovery United Methodist and enjoy Pastor Jim's festive sermon, juice and cookies, and Christmas songs, including our favorite candle-lit "Silent Night:"
As soon as we get back, we snap a few family photos like these from past years...
2007
2008
2009
2010
We then eat a delicious Thanksgiving-style dinner...
after we pop some bubbly...
and before we open our Christmas poppers:
We then open one gift, which is ususally from Aunt Jane and our cousins...and then proudly model it:
Afterwards, we cuddle up on the coach and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas:"
Before heading to bed and anxiously awaiting Santa's arrival:
Christmas Day
We get woken up by a loud "MMEERRYYY CCHHRRIIISSTTMMAASSS" from my parents and have to wait paitently at the top of the stairs while my Dad checks to see if Santa came:
Thankfully, he has come for the past twenty-five years, so we run down and open our stockings (which is probably my favorite part):
Followed by a yummy breakfast of eggs, monkey bread, and mimosas:
We then spend countless, amazing hours individually opening gifts and "ooh'ing" and "aah'ing" over each one:
We spend the rest of the afternoon eating, enjoying each other's company, and just loving the fact that we're all under the same roof.
This year it's going to be so sad celebrating without our sweet boy...and his fancy pearls ;)
but are thankful we have this cute bundle of joy to love on...
and so happy to have this big guy to share our traditions with, too!!
MERRY [almost] CHRISTMAS!!!
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