First of all Christmas Eve has always had something to do with celebrating my sister in law Emily's birthday. She is lucky enough to be born on December 24th. We usually meet up for an early lunch but this year her family and her came over a couple days earlier and we had some pizza and gave her her gifts. So even though we didn't see her on her birthday we were thinking of her anyways.
Christmas Eve in years past has always been spent with my mom, Grandma Turkey. This year she wasn't able to come home so we had to celebrate without her. It was tough not seeing her. I missed her a lot. But not only did I miss her but my kids did too. Both of them made comments about not seeing her and both said something about hoping next year she would be here. So in honor of her we still opened our gifts from her when we got up.
She is pretty creative with her gift choices...
Jacob and Sarah both got dream catchers. ....
Sarah with her stocking goodies....
Jacob with his "jail" pajamas.....
Sarah with her Moxie dolls...
While we were opening presents the movie "Incredible Journey" was on tv. Mya couldn't get to the tv to watch so she jumped up on the couch to get a better view.
Crazy dog!
We went to church at First Wes at 3 and when we came home the Couch family joined us...
We ate some yummy food and just enjoyed each others company.
The kids were so funny talking about Santa and when he would get to our houses. Little Sarah was so excited she couldn't wait to go home so he could come to her house.
It was wonderful to have friends that are like family to spend the holiday with.
I missed my mom tremendously but having a bff to spend the evening with made it much easier.
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