Christmas

Our Christmas went great! As is tradition, we spent the night at my parents' house. We typically do Christmas with JR's family, who lives in McMinnville, a week or two before Christmas so we don't have to travel on Christmas day. It was a good thing, too, since we wouldn't have made it down to Mac on Christmas Day anyway, what with the crazy weather. Here's our house after JR slaved away shoveling our driveway, sometime around Christmas, can't remember which day. (BTW, it snowed over again a couple days later.)

On Christmas Eve we had a scrumptious feast, then read the Nativity story. Madison dressed up as Mary and Chloe wanted to be Joseph.

More and more each year, I hardly think about what I receive, or want to receive, and enjoy focusing on what I give for Christmas. It's so much more fun that way! We drew names for our sibling gifts. I got earrings for Holly, my brother Andy's wife (sooo fun to shop for!), and JR got a video game (what else?) for my 14-yr-old brother Adam. Here we are on Christmas morning, bright and early!