Today was a beautiful and wonderful Christmas Eve. Here is a quick run down before we go to sleep and wait for "Santa"!
1) LOVELY time with my cousin Emily for our last minute shopping excursion. This has been a regular event since about 2004- I love it for so many reasons! We always have Chipotle and shop around. This year was different as she picked me up and drove us around! Crazy drivers license and being 17 years old! Let me tell you, I didn't miss driving through Christmas parking lots one little bit, and she did an amazing job driving.
2) INCREDIBLE time at my Aunt Debbies, with our cousins and their four kids. We celebrated Hanukkah and I have to say - it is a beautiful tradition. It was also an incredible time to get to know them all.
3) CHURCH - WONDERFUL. We actually lit the menorah there again and participated in such a lovely service commemorating Christ's arrival
4) FAMILY - We watched "The Nativity," chatted, and ate the "13- deserts" - a French/Jerdan tradition we are successfully importing into this Smith family. Love it!
I'm so very grateful for the family I was raised in and continue to be a part of, and the wonderful family I married into and the wonderful man who brought me into it! Much to be thankful for tonight :o)
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