My dad and brother had to work Christmas weekend so my mom, Grammy, and I went to St. Francisville for Christmas weekend.
We got to hear Ross preach the Christmas Eve service on Saturday night at their church. I love candlelight Christmas Eve services. It was so beautiful and Ross preached a great message.
We took some pictures in front of the tree before church.
After church it was time to open gifts! We always open our gifts Christmas Eve. When we were kids we would get to open two gifts Christmas Eve and had to wait until Christmas morning to open the rest. A few years ago my family started drawing names for Christmas and we all love it. On Thanksgiving, we put all of our names in a hat and everyone draws and whoever you get is who you buy Christmas gifts for. We write down ten things we would want on a wish list and give it to that person to help them with ideas. We set a spending limit and it has made Christmas so simple and easier on the budget. We also buy a $10 gift and do a Chinese gift exchange game too. This year it worked out that all of the girls had each other's names so we could go ahead and open gifts in St. Francisville. Ross had to wait until the next week to get his gifts.
Since they got married, Steph and Ross have added a new piece each year to their Christmas pj's (cut idea). So far, they have the pants, socks, hats, and they forgot to buy shirts this year so they both wore one they had alike.
Steph ready to open her gifts from me!
Opening gifts is so much fun but I am thankful for the best gift of all at Christmas....Jesus! Without his birth there would be no Christmas at all!
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