my dad was already at church, caring for rebecca so her parents could go to the 5:30 service; so, i drove my mom over. paul and paige joined us. after the service, we went back for our traditional swedish christmas eve dinner (white fish, white rice, candlelight). this year, my mom broke tradition and let my dad and paul open a gift on christmas eve. and what did they open? matching yellow remote control helicopters to fly outside on christmas. they were so cute (paul & dad, not just the helicopters)!
christmas morning, instead of rushing downstairs to open our stockings to see what santa brought, my parents and i got ready. we gathered all the gifts and headed down to paige & paul's. i drove separately because bella got to come too! paul used to have a dog and they love her. unfortunately, it was raining most of the morning/afternoon, so she couldn't enjoy the fenced yard. and, with her long, excited tail, she had limited roaming ability (particularly in the dining room with all the liquor bottles and glassware exposed), she spent most of the day in the spare room--the "man room/music room". ha.
we stayed at paige & paul's until about 2pm, rounded up our unwrapped gifts and headed back to my parents' house--to leave the newlyweds the opportunity to prepare for the next round of guests (his dad/stepmom and sisters). Once we got home, we opened our stockings to see what santa brought! then my mom brought out the puzzle. every christmas, mom gets a new puzzle; but, this one was hard!
originally, i was going to stay home the whole weekend, but i decided to go back saturday evening. and that's how my christmas went. :)
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