Christmas! :)

We had a wonderful Christmas, how about you? We went to Midnight Mass with my dad and sister on Christmas Eve and they spent the night with us. We had breakfast Christmas morning and then opened our presents to each other. I like to record everything we got/gave each year so I can remember it in the future so feel free to skip over this part! :) We gave Dad a bluray player, Road House on bluray, an electric skillet and his Mom present was a LED worklight (we have a present for everyone that is something Mom would have gotten us and we open those at her grave when we get back to our hometown). My sister A got Dad a nice flashlight, screw driver set and something else I can't remember now. We got A a bluray player, a subscription to Glamour (one year) and Shape (three year), a pajama set & a gift card to Panera. Dad got A a Chi hair iron, a calendar with photos of the family and a gift card to Walmart (Dad gives us money and we buy his presents for him so he doesn't have to stress & we love buying presents so it's win/win). A's mom present was a Crockpot cookbook and the ability to take one of Mom's crockpots back to her apartment. A gave DH two dvds he'd been wanting (Once and Jose & the Pussycats). Dad gave him a beer making kit refill, two PS3 games (Madden, Ratchet & Clank and the dvd series The Middleman. I gave DH the PS3 game Uncharted 2 and the Lost Season 5 Bluray Orientation Kit. DH's Mom present was a Chuckless Drill he'd been wanting and he got a gift card to Red Robin (his favorite restaurant). A gave me an AMAZING Krups Expresso maker that I LOVE. DH got me the Wii Fit Plus, a cute Christmas coffee mug from Starbucks, soft socks & a cast iron skillet as my Mom present. Dad got me Reebok Easy Tone shoes, Pyrex pie pans and a Pyrex baking set. Santa brought DH & me Rock Band for the PS3 and Rock Band Country edition. :) I also got a Starbucks gift card in my stocking and we all had Scratchers tickets in our stockings. :)

After opening presents we headed home to open presents on Mom's grave and then headed to Dad's brother's house for his Christmas party with my awesome cousin K. We were late getting to it due to the icy road (we had a WHITE CHRISTMAS, YAY!!!).

We had a light lunch there, played some Bingo and did the Chinese gift exchange. They have a girl gift exchange and a boy one. I got a gift card to Hobby Lobby and DH got a gift card to Lowe's. Fun stuff! :) We also went downstairs to K's "apartment" to exchange presents with her.
She got us a foot massager and some candy she'd made. We gave her a gift subscription to Glamour and to Shape and a new all-in-one printer. :) My other cousin L also gave us a card that had the movie Miracle on 34th Street in it! :) So sweet! After that we headed to DH's parents' house to do dinner and our gift exchange with them. :) My MIL is one AMAZING cook so we definitely ate well there! ;) We gave them a Bluray player, a Wii game with an extra controller in it (they only had one between the two of them before) and some nice new oven mitts (my MIL's had holes in them and I almost burned myself with them!). We also got them a digital weather station but forgot to bring it so we'll have to bring it next time we go! They gave us a Shamwow, a Snuggie, a handsfree can opener, a bag sealer, a tape measure/level and a Walmart gift card. We also watched 27 Dresses on their new Bluray after the gift exchange. Fun stuff. :)

Sunday we had Christmas with my Mom's side of the family at my uncle T's house. My awesome aunt P & cousin J from TX were there and we never get to see them so that was awesome. :) We got my grandma a huge picture collage frame & a gift card to Walmart to get her photos developed (the family all got together and got her a digital camera last year so she's been taking a lot of pictures, LOL).

My aunt N bought a shot gun to help her feel safe since she lives alone now and my cousin M's fiance J taught her how to shoot it. That was interesting. ;)

It was fun hanging out with my Mom's family again since only see them a few times a year. We had a wonderful Christmas and the best part of all is we didn't go into debt to pay for it! We saved for it all year and had enough money saved up to pay off the credit card this month while still getting almost enough points to get a $50 check mailed to us. :) I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! :)