The One With Christmas 2019

December 24 - 29, 2019

SANTA!  I know him!  Of course, we watched the obligatory "elf" movie with Will Ferrell, and we set out Sushi for Santa, and we spent time with family this holiday season.

The girls spent Christmas Eve in Orlando with their family but made it back to our house in Stillwater for our traditional Christmas Eve PJ pic and the reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.  This is a little different from our normal tradition, but change is inevitable.

Emma and Lara (17), Finn (8), Jake (12)

Our FIRST Christmas with Evie!

Traditional Sushi for Santa

Christmas day started with a flurry of stocking, presents, and wrapping paper!  The girls got fun stuff to start their dorm room collections, a few necessities, and some things they really wanted as well.  After we Ake a birthday cake for Jesus, it was off to Nana and Grandpa's house in Perkins for a Baked Potato Bar Lunch (thank you, Instant Pot!) which was a HUGE hit, and another round of presents!  Lara's favorites were the new Harry Styles LP and her weighted blanket.  Emma's were her new shirt for welding and the black VANS sneakers.  The whole family got Disney+ from Sants, so there was a lot of TV watching going on!

The day after Christmas is best spent exchanging presents and spending gift cards, so that's what we did.  Emma had a pair of shorts to exchange, and all the kids had gift cards burning holes in their pockets.  Because there are 6 of us and 4 drivers, we ended up in different cars going different directions at different times during the day, but it was fun!

Mom, Lara, and Emma out shopping - crammed in the cab of Emma's truck!

Emma went back to Orlando after our shopping day because she had basketball the next morning.  Friday and Saturday were relaxing days - finding places to keep all the new Christmas gifts!  Saturday, we watched a lot of college football.  Capped it off with the LSU vs OU playoff game.  It was the Chick-fil-A bowl from Atlnat (Lara's BFF Erika was at the game), and we told Jake if LSU won, we would take him to Chick-fil-A for dinner.  YOu be the judge of what happened;

LSU WINS!  Geaux Tigers!

One of the best things about being in Stillwater during Christmas break when the students have all gone home is that the OSU men's basketball team always has a game (or two), and to fill the arena, they sell the tickets really cheap. So, on Saturday, we headed up and headed to Gallagher-Iba Arena to watch some Cowboy Basketball!  Finn was Pistol Pete Partner of the Game and LARA!  Lara got to play the match game at one of the time outs in the second half, and she won $25 from MidFirst bank!  What a fun way to spend a cold afternoon.

Christmas Break Fun!

Pistol Pete!  I KNOW HIM!

LUCKY!

After the game, Uncle DW and Aunt Jackie Boyd were in town, so we had Hideaway Pizza at our house and got caught up with our family from North Carolina.  Just a few more days left in this month, this year, this DECADE!  The NEXT blog entry will be in 2020...