After the service we got to see a lot of old friends and even some of our old campers. That made me feel SO old! We ended up seeing a few in random places throughout our visit home and it was just crazy to see how old they have gotten. A lot of them were in or headed to college! After that we headed home and ate a delicious Christmas Eve dinner and then that's when we celebrated the pups birthday :D All around a great start to the season!
Christmas morning I got up early and got ready for the day. Since I knew my present was going to be something pretty, I wanted to make sure I looked extra pretty when I opened it! I'm a dork, I know ;D. After everyone got up (around 8am), we went downstairs and opened presents with the Martin family. The Martins really spoiled us! We were truly blessed with all that we got this year. Honestly, I would be happy with just spending time with them!!! Dont get me wrong though- I am VERY thankful for all that they got us. Of course John made me wait until last to open his and when I did, I saw this:
and then I opened this:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THEY ARE PERFECT!!!!! I just couldnt believe it. I've wanted something like this for a LONG time, but never thought I'd get it! I seriously have the best husband in the world! They are both rubies, surrounded by white sapphires, and then the ring has diamonds down the band. OH. MY. GOODNESS. It takes my breath away every time I look at them. I cant believe I am lucky enough to have something like this!! :D I love my hubby :D He clearly went out of our budget, so I felt kind of bad (easy to get over though!) so I am going to have to do something really special for him some time soon :D Needless to say I was glad I got all dressed up for the occasion!
After we opened, we let Carter open some of his. Again, SO cute to watch! We also dressed him up :D
LOOK AT THAT FACE!
Our next stop was Grandma Martin's house. That side of the family gets together for lunch every Christmas. This was where Carter played with John's cousins for hours. It was awesome :D Jonathan, one of the little cousins, kept asking permission to take Carter out and play with him. It was super cute. They played hide and seek and Carter chased them all. Carter became best buds with Jonathan and followed him everywhere he went. ADORABLE! It was also nice to have someone to watch over Carter so we could visit with his family :D We only get to see them really once a year, so it's nice to catch up with them. We ate our first big meal there and of course stuffed our faces. YUMMY!
After lunch, more presents, and visiting, we were off to my Grandma Brinn's house in Jacksonville (were not thrilled about driving so much after having just driven 13 hours the day before, but it was important to us to see our grandmas. It was also the only day we would really have to travel far and we knocked it all out in 1 day). About 2 1/2 hours late we got to my grandmas house and got to see my family, grandma, and roy. They got to meet Carter for the first time. He loved his great grandma! He jumped right up onto her wheelchair. I scolded him for it and then grandma scolded me. lol. She told me that he could do what he wanted because it didnt bother her and she would tell him when enough was enough. LOL. After hellos, it was time to eat again. I barely had room, but who can pass up another Christmas meal!? AND grandma made banana pudding, which is my all time favorite dessert (only hers though!). After dinner we exchanged presents with my family (we were really spoiled this year), visited some, and then headed home. We were exhausted! Of course I forgot to take pictures :(
We had such an amazing Christmas day though! It was so nice to get to spend time with so much family all in one day. I very much look forward to seeing them all again!
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