Christmas

Chris and I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with his family this year. Christmas Eve was spent eating lots of yummy food, like my oreo truffles I made (and Chris helped :). Chris's cousins Melissa and Brandon and their 2 cute babies came over as well as his grandparents.We ate food, sang christmas songs, played a gift exchange game, and watched their old home videos. We went to bed early cause we were so excited for Christmas to come!!

The next morning we had all agreed to wake up at 8am since we didn't want to get up too early but also have enough time to open presents and get ready for 11am church. So we got everybody up and started opening gifts! We drew names this year, and I got Steve. Which by the way, is someone who is EXTREMELY difficult to buy for cause he has everything he ever wants or needs. But he loved the Michael Jordan socks I had gotten him earlier in the year, so I got him some more of those, an iTunes gift card for his iPhone, and the movie The Warrior. Steve also drew MY name, and he went way overboard. He made me feel bad for just getting him a movie. :) He gave me a $200 gift card to Hollister, and a $50 card to Wet Seal. Guess I am going to have to go shopping! My honey gave a gift certificate to get an hour massage (I have been wanting one for so long!), an arm band for my iPod Touch for when I workout, and an awesome camera! My mother in law gave me a super cute new purse, and I also received lotion, and candy, and warm socks! I gave Chris some new dress shirts in black and maroon with a nice tie to match them, a kit of everything he needs to wash his car, new dress shoes, and shoe polish. He also got some new shirts and Fast Five from his parents. His mom drew his name and she gave him a $60 gift card to the movie theater (which we used up the very first week! We saw War Horse, Mission Impossible, and Darkest Hour) hahaha we love our movies!! :)

After presents we ate a yummy french toast breakfast and eggnog, got dressed, and went to church! Esther put together the christmas program for Sacrament and it was BEAUTIFUL. The music was amazing and it brought the spirit so much. There was only Sacrament that day, so we went home and lounged around the rest of the afternoon, played cards, and ate more food. Chris and I were spending Christmas dinner with Stephanie Lee and her family, so I whipped up a green bean casserole and we went over to their house. The dinner was so yummy and it was so fun to see them again since they now live in Vegas. We had a gift exchange which Stephanie gave us a box of my favorite cereal and eggnog cookies from Trader Joes (which I ate the whole box myself :). After that Chris and I went to see War Horse together, which was a really good movie and a little sad too. But, overall, it was a great day! I missed my family a lot, but we are really hoping that we can spend Christmas with them next year!