Christmas Eve

The best thing about Christmas is all of the family traditions we celebrate in our families.  From spending Christmas morning at my parents  to Christmas breakfast at Grandma Rita's to opening our stockings at my in-laws Christmas day and celebrating my niece Kambree's birthday that night we have a full day Christmas Day.  BUT, some of the best Christmas traditions happen the day before, Christmas Eve....

This year I decided I wanted to start my own family tradition.... Which is that Mommy will make a big yummy Christmas Eve breakfast.  Seeing how Paislee is so little and won't remember a thing I decided to not go all out this year.  But, she really enjoyed her red eggs with green apple juice!

We love spending the afternoon at Jayson's parents eating pizza and opening up our Christmas pj's then heading over to my parents to my Wood family party for deep fried halibut, shrimp (which Jayson hates both..haha) and tons more yummy food.  Each year at this party we dress up and act out the manger scene while I play the piano and we sing Christmas songs as a family.  It really brings the spirit the night before Christmas as to why we celebrate this wonderful holiday.

The REAL fun begins after this.....BINGO!!!!! We gather as a family and play a wicked game of bingo. Probably the most intense game of bingo to say the least.  Last year we left the Wood party with 70 dollars in our pocket from winning bingo.  It makes bingo way more intense when your playing for 10's, 20's and sometimes 50's!  Unfortunately, this year we got skunked...... But these are the traditions we look forward to each year in our family.  We end the night with opening pj's from my parents and exchanging sibling gifts.  It's so much fun! It's even more fun when we match!

Thank you parents for the fun family traditions you have kept over the years.  It really makes the Christmas season time SO much fun.  We love and appreciate all you do for us!