Christmas Eve

I thought it was high time I do a Christmas recap. In true Amy form, I'll probably do it over a few posts. Heaven forbid I leave any pictures out! :)

On Christmas Eve Ben and I took our little guys to a nearby subdivison which goes CRAZY with Christmas lights. It was so fun to drive around and see the beautifully decorated homes. One house is famous around here for going all out with the lights. And I do mean all out. We got out and spent a good 1/2 hour or more looking all around the yard. There was a bubble machine, dozens of different scenes, and a video screen which would dub passers-by as "naughty" or "nice" (Noah and I were dubbed "the nicest in the neighborhood"). Here's Sam gazing at the house, but this picture seriously does not do it justice and only shows part of the decor (the owner told me it takes them six full days to set it all up).

After we looked at the lights Ben and I got a hankering for egg nog. What we thought would be a quick stop into the grocery store before it closed ended up being a long, 7-store search spanning two cities! What's hilarious is that another couple was doing the same thing and we kept ending up at the same stores. We finally found it though (thank-you, Speedy Stop!). From there we headed to Sonic for our Christmas Eve feast (and waited in line forever!!) and finally got home to read Christmas stories and get the kids in bed. We were up til 2am wrapping presents and listening to Christmas music and putting the train table from my parents together. It was fun though. Ben's brother James and his wife Shelley were staying with us (with their 4 kids) so we had great company!