Christmas 2024!

For the first and maybe the last time, I had the honor of hosting the fam for Christmas Eve this year!  Here's our happy group pic in front of my tree!! ❤

We started with lunch at Toby Keith's in Moore, then came to my place for Mom's brownies, Eileen's cookies, and opening presents!

Kyndal's new icemaker, Jace's new transformer, and me and Rach with no gifts. lol  (Dad remedied that yesterday, and we did get a chocolate orange from Wendy on the 24th. lol)

Mom with her kids then her grandkids (Triston left early and Carter didn't join us this year).

Favorites:

Blake, JoBug, Wendy, and Triston (he celebrated Christmas morning with them and got lots of great gifts!)

Rach seeing Dad off as he went to work (whaaaat!?) on Christmas Eve afternoon + Mom with Jace and JB!

Me struggling to pull off a serious face. lol

Cookies for the Whitaker fam (they stopped by and Kristin gave me the cutest Christmas PJs and sparkly pink headband!) + angelic kitchen selfie with the fun chandelier lighting behind me + shopping the Christmas Eve sales at Hobby Lobby and At Home with Mom!

After all of the above, I did my workout for the day then DoorDashed Mexican food and watched The Santa Clause and While You Were Sleeping as I edited and collaged all my pictures on Christmas Eve night!! #perfection lol

Christmas morning started off with an 11am brunch - bacon, eggs, and pancakes by Rach + all manner of leftover desserts from the day before!

This made me very full very fast thanks to the chocolate milk, but still, yay brunch!!  Not positive if Dad's being funny or was unaware I was taking a photo here. lol

• Rach found the perfect wrapping paper for Mom, and Kyndal Faith wrote a note on every gift she wrapped. lol  
• My adorable new PJs and headband from Kristin Michelle - yay!
• K's new shirt from Rach and AirPods Max headphones from Mamaw and Grandpa
• Parrish fam calendar from Rach!
• Book Rach got for Mom
• K making me laugh with her excitement over her tiny cup of tiny ice!

Kyndal:  "I am the main character!" lol (showing me her matching new shoes and hat)

Jaceman and I went to see Sonic 3 at 12:50 on Christmas day... between the long concession lines, his crazy-loud coughing, the constant narration (he was seeing it for the second time), and his post-credit euphoria (seeing a scene they hadn't stayed for last time), it was quite the experience!!

My new Counselor hoodie from Rach - love it!  Nate's comedy special - fun!  And our spaghetti and lasagna Christmas dinner (after I did a quick neighborhood jog to get my workout in for the day)!

Between dinner and Nate, we played several rounds of Heads Up (aka Headbands) an entertaining Catchphrase-style game with charades and speaking rounds with different categories.  Entertaining times!  All in all, it was a delightfully lowkey and relaxing Christmas day with the fam!!

And last but never least, Mel's new book came out on Christmas Eve!  I love it already!!

And that's all for today, I think.  I'm at the office but not feeling particularly worky today, so you never know.  I sincerely hope you had a lovely Christmas!!

❤ ❤ ❤