Uncle Brian entertained the nephews while waiting for Christmas Eve dinner.
Grandma Cutlan and Mom helped me collect Spode Christmas dishes for many years. Now I love to serve my Christmas dinner on these special dishes. Both of my grandmas and my mom were such excellent examples of hosting memorable Christmas celebrations. My hope is that my nephews will always have fond memories of Christmas Eve at Aunt Kristy's and Uncle Brian's.
We have had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Everyone came to our house on Christmas Eve and I did the Carlson family traditional dinner -- Grandma Carlson's "Beef Straganof." The first year we were married and I wasn't able to go home for Christmas, I cried on Christmas Eve when I realized my family was having the traditional dinner and I wasn't there. It was that year that I decided I would start my own traditional and make the dinner myself for the Walker family. I thinking they are finally starting to get used to such a unique dish! We had a festive time; everyone enjoyed the evening.
Christmas Day was quite relaxing. We opened our gifts from each other this morning and then went to my in-laws for dinner around 1:00 p.m. The Walker Christmas is quite chaotic with 6 little boys, but lots of fun! We are tired but what fun to spend the day with loved ones. We hope you have had a wonderful day as well.
Tomorrow Brian has to go to work. I'm going to go with him and work on my final exams and grades. My goal is to have everything done by the time we leave for North Carolina on Friday!! I will post more pictures tomorrow. Now it is time for bed!
2 comments:
Your house looks just adorable, Kristy! Wish I could come for some stroganof! Can't wait to see you all!
KRISTY!!! I sure enjoyed catching up on your blog. Your Christmas table looks beautiful - I am impressed. And, Kristy, you look awesome....you are SO skinny! Do you remember doing Weight Watchers together? Ok, you said below that you had been sticking to your eating plan and splurged on Krispy Kreme donuts on Thanksgiving. What exactly is your eating plan because I am in desperate need of losing weight from my last baby. Will you email me what you are doing for a diet plan? sturgillfamily@sbcglobal.net Thanks!
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