The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there! (and he did not disappoint)
Present wrapping is an event in the few days preceding Christmas. We stayed at my great aunt Joan's house and filled the living room with presents around her cute little tree.
Yes we are aged 28, 25, 21, and 18 respectively, but on Christmas morning it's like we're all 5 again. .We line up in order of age, wait for mom and dad to go out and get the camera ready then slowly proceed into the living room where Santa has been. (Sporting our Christmas Eve PJs...Grant didn't really fit in so we gave him a bow to look more like the rest of us)
Our stockings continue to be one of my favorite parts of Christmas morning. Thank goodness they're stretchy! More room for fun stuff :) My Grandma made my stocking, and my great aunt has continued the tradition and made Grant one when we got married...his still needs to be broken in a bit, it's not quite as stretchy yet.
The infamous sleepy, no make up, hair not done Christmas morning pajama picture.
My job is such a blessing as I am able to work from wherever I go. It can be annoying once in awhile as I often do not get a real vacation since I work on the road but I can't complain. I was gone for almost 2 weeks and didn't have to use any PTO. I did have a Christmas Day shift (we are assigned a couple different holidays each year) and our big dinner party was taking place in the living room where I had been working the rest of the week, so I made an "office" on our air mattress in the back room surrounded by presents and sporting my new shirt and yoga pants. I am truly so thankful for this job!
We hope you all had a Merry Christmas...welcome to 2009!
Your picture at the Old Town cafe is making me crave their tortillas. YUM! Next time you guys go to San Diego we are going with you.
ReplyDeletecute stockings, i love them! thats sweet about your job, it would be nice to find a job like that.
ReplyDeleteLove the stockings! I am glad you guys had such a great holiday!
ReplyDeletedang it! we so wish we were in cali the same time you were!! it was so fun to see emily and alden, but next time, it's your turn. we're comin'to kentucky!
ReplyDeleteLook at you and all your updated blogging. You guys seemed to have an eventful time, you could have stayed home and partied it up with us. I can't post those pictures though, because their too explicit... or I don't have any. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see the overflowing presents around a tiny tree thing is still happening for the Roses on Christmas morning. Don't you miss Grandma's house still? And your no-make-up-pj's shot looks way better than mine does!
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