Tuesday, December 29

christmas eve festivities

christmas eve started out with breakfast with weston's parents and grandpa colton. we really need to be better about taking pictures with outings like this - sorry, no such luck for this post.

after breakfast, weston's parents came over to our place because they wanted to watch kate open her christmas presents from them. what a lucky girl! she got early christmas presents! she got an awesome drum kit!



and she's totally a natural :)

then she got a box full of goodies:




jewelry music box, clothes, books ... good stuff!

that afternoon, rory and ashley stopped by for a quick visit! kate took a minute to warm up to rory, but once she knew he was safe, she had a great time playing, teasing, and laughing with him.

it was great to see you guys!

afterwards, we started on dinner - weston was a huge help as i have a very hard time multi-tasking in the kitchen. the problem is that i think i can multi-task as much as i usually do ... that's when things turn black and the kitchen fills with smoke. not good. so thank you, weston, for helping make this dinner a success!!!

i mean, what's better than bacon and cherry pie - weston thinks these flavors go great together apparently :)

we had spiral sliced ham with the yummy glaze, loaded baked potatoes, peas, and rolls. and the best part for me was the red grape sparkling soda i got - it tasted exactly like my grandma nielsen's bottled grape juice. i mean exactly. just add soda! it was awesome.

after looking at christmas lights with our hot chocolate, we came home so kate could open her christmas pajamas. 

they were a little big to start, but now that they've been washed they are a perfect fit!

and i am in love with the little mandarin collar! she looks like such a doll :)

we finished off the night with a little polar express and went to sleep so santa claus could make a visit :) hope you all had a fabulous christmas eve!!

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