Christmas Eve was church and a movie as usual. We were able to go to the 4pm service as Timothy did not have to work. We helped out in the tech booth during the service. Our dinner was ham, lefse and tater tots...made everyone happy! And as is tradtion dessert with a movie. This year we watched Muppet's Christmas Carol. The tide has change in that the kids stay up later then the parents, so gifts are brought out in the morning not the evening anymore.
The kids stay up later, but they also sleep in later. I was able to go for a Christmas run before the kids were up. Teresa was up at 9am and she, Troy and I had some breakfast. We woke Timothy up at 10am. We started out with some stocking stuffers. Then we stopped for a Advent devotion. Then it was time for the main gifts. We all got some nice things.
Troy always likes to do a scavenger hunt for the kids, and he included me this year! We found our last clue that said we had been grinched and needed to visit another house (Sophie's) to get our gifts. We all rolled our eyes and looked to Troy to drive over there for us! But we all hoped in the van and trekked to the Welter's and checked their mailbox. (Troy preapproved it with Amy). We all had gift cards waiting for us.
Soon enough I was packing up and getting ready to head to the cities. We were on the road by noon ready to celebrate Christmas with our extended family!
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