Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve started with a special breakfast (meaning Saturday breakfast)...

Have I told you how much I love my silpat?

And we finished the day going to the Christmas Eve service at Lexington Presbyterian Church. Can you believe it we've never been? Out of the 6 years we've been there we have always missed it. It was great! We then came home, ate leftover chinese food, opened each other's presents, and watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas! A perfect Christmas Eve.

So cute

Since the Lentz family had their Christmas early, we have already opened half of our Christmas presents. Check out one of my absolute favorites of all time! This is from my sister Rachel and it was such a great idea.

Check out the artist's website here.

Holly Jolly Cosmo

Cosmo has grinch-like tendencies but lately he has seemed a bit more on the jolly side.

The tree

I love Christmas trees, especially real Christmas trees. I really don't like fake trees, sorry mom. I know they are simpler. You don't have to water them, and your cat won't eat it. But real trees are so much fun and I love the scent that fills the house when you have one. The past couple of years we have gotten a modest sized frazier fir (the more expensive kind). This year we went with the 6-7 ft douglas fir. We picked a very full one, and it looked great. It sat outside all weekend, and we finally trimmed it and brought it in Monday night. We put lights on it tonight. After bringing it inside, I realized we got a tree that's a bit too big for our little space, but we rearranged the furniture to make it fit, and I love it! This year we also decided to go with just lights no ornaments and a topper. Simple but fun!