Belated Christmas Post

{Christmas Eve}

We woke up to a Winter Wonderland!!!  So perfect.  Just enough snow to cover everything, but not too much where we couldn’t travel.

I also woke up with a slight cold.  Boo!  I had one last Christmas also – this better not be a tradition.  Thank goodness it wasn’t a bad one.

The main roads were clear so Sara, Ryan, and I headed to SW Missouri to Ryan’s Grandparents.

His uncle and cousin also joined us and we had a nice Christmas Eve dinner of soup and a surprise dessert to celebrate Ryan’s graduation!

We ALMOST dropped the cake.

CONGRATS RYAN!!!

(Except he found out he has ONE science class left to take. So I guess we’ll have to have another cake when he graduates in May!  Oh well, he’s pretty much done anyway and looking for a job. Who needs that piece of paper anyway?  Ha jk!)

Then it was time for gifts. And lots of pictures!

We watched A Christmas Story before visions of sugar plums danced in our heads.

{Christmas Day}

Drove 2 hours to Ryan’s extended family gathering in Joplin, Missouri.  It was my first time to experience their family Christmas and their famous spaghetti and meatballs.  I sat there trying to figure out who was who, and where all his family came from!  Ryan has a lot of extended family like cousins once removed and second cousins and I don’t even know the equivalent in my family!  They are all very welcoming and kind.

Then we drove 3 hours back home and had a big Christmas dinner (more like traditional Thanksgiving dinner) with my Mom and her BF, my brother, Ryan, & Sara!  We were pretty tired from a busy day, but it was fun!

I was so excited for Ryan to open his presents from me!

He got COAL in his stocking…heheh…made of soap!  Much to his delight, he also got a Magic Trackpad!

We got his Mom an artificial Christmas tree for next Christmas and beyond!

We got my Mom some new dishes and an iron!

I got a wallet from my Mom and money from my Grandma !

One of Ryan’s stocking stuffers.

I was sporting my Mom’s new slippers and my Valentine’s socks.  HA.

Overall, I had a very Merry Christmas.  Lots of memories, lots of fun. ♥  I hate when Christmas is over.  So sad!