Our Happy Holiday

We had a wonderful, magical, blessed Christmas! It was all around a fantastic weekend, spent with those we love, enjoying great food, and counting our many blessings.

Here are the pics!

Getting ready to head out to the traditional Christmas Eve dinner out!

For the third year in a row, my mom & dad have come to our house for Christmas :)

Keith's sis & bro out at the restaurant

We love being spoiled at a nice restaurant!

The whole gang!

Back at our house, the 'kids' pose together :)

I made chocolate martinis for everyone and they were thoroughly enjoyed!

A Jones family Christmas tradition is to open one present on Christmas Eve - matching pajamas! The girls get a matching set and the boys get a set.

The boys got a very cute set from Polo, but embellished it with the buttons and Santa belt that was on their wrapped box! AND my Dad came out dressed as Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation, and kept everyone in stitches :)

The ladies love the jammies from Victoria's Secret!

Group picture using the tripod!

...And then it was Christmas morning.....

And we had ourselves a breakfast feast!

I made this delicious Spinach Bacon Quiche and added a chopped red bell pepper - it was fantastic!

 

We had tons of pretty wrapped presents under the tree!

Ryan got things started with the first gift

Mom with a grater set!

Penny with her spa gift card

I LOVE Christmas morning!

Meagan and her Sephora brush set

Dad loves to open gifts!!

I got lots of goodies, but I really liked this cake decorating caddy! I can use it to store all of my baking accessories :)

For Keith, I gave him all golf gifts, starting with this ornament.

He also got some golf balls, a new putter and this cool organizer for the garage!

But, my gift from Keith was the greatest. He blew me away!! There's a little back story here: When we were in college, Keith gave me a pair of small, beautiful diamond earrings one Christmas. He had a mini scavenger hunt with clues that led to the earrings. I loved them! I wore them constantly and slept in them most of the time. BUT, when I was in Liverpool for work this year, they were stolen :( I was pretty upset. Since September, I've been missing my earrings SO much! So, of course, it was on my list to Santa...

Well, this year, my sweet hubs did another special scavenger hunt around the house that led to the most beautiful (and bigger) earrings!! I was in tears by the time I opened them! He was also sweet enough to get me a pair of fakes to wear when I travel, just in case :)

 I wish this pic wasn't so blurry, but it sums up exactly how I felt about this Christmas - JOYFUL!

Diamond earrings and gifts are great, but those aren't the things that make Christmas special. It's all about family, togetherness, and thanking God for the best gift of all - the birth of Jesus Christ!

Merry Christmas to all :)