December...part 2

The day before Christmas Eve (we call it Christmas Adam) we usually go spend the night with my family and have breakfast the next morning with Chris, Tammy and the girls. (That is my brother, sister-in-law and nieces, just in case you didn't know) This year we went to IHOP and then back to their house to open presents with them. Chris was the guest of honor that day because we had sent his picture of "scared of santa" into the Knoxville News Sentinel and he was picked as their #1. Here is the winning picture:

This made our day so much better, you just have to know Chris and how excited he gets over things like this.

Back to White Pine for Christmas Eve tradition with the Samples and Lane families. The menu for the night is Sea Food. That is such a cool tradition they have but too bad I hate sea food! I always make my own food to take and share with my sister-in-laws who don't eat that food either. Another tradition is you have to spend the night with them. We always get the basement and it makes for some good rest! We got lots of great things this year and you can tell Baby Lane will be the first girl in many years by all the presents she received. We loved everything they got her but the 2 that stick out in my mind is her pink daisy BB gun that Aunt D and Uncle Rickey got her and a baby doll all the way from England that Jared's mom and dad have been saving for a little girl for 31 years!! Hopefully pictures will come soon!

Christmas morning we go back to Mascot to my family again and that's when we open our Santa presents! Again, Lots of great things - too many to name. The rest of the family comes up to momma and daddys for lunch and presents. I think they counted a total of 33 of us there this year! I love every minute of it!! We spent the night with them until Sunday and came home a bit early when Jared caught the stomach flu that's been going around. Praise the Lord I have stayed away from it this long and we continue to pray I don't get it!

Tonight we are planning on going to Brian and Amy's new house to be with family and friends and ring in the new year. Off to momma's tomorrow for black eyed peas, hog jaw and greens. It is our tradition to eat that for luck and money. lol I promise to take some pictures tonight and have some to post soon; The entire christmas holiday I did not take the first one! Again, I am horrible and will do better!!