On Christmas Eve we went to my sister Julie's house in Bristol for our traditional Christmas Eve supper. It was a perfect snowy Christmas Eve. After eating dinner we met Joel and Jodi are church for the 10 p.m. Candlelight Service.  Jodi's never attended a Candle light Service before.  It's something I have done almost every year of my life and starts of Christmas in the right way for me.  I love seeing the candles being lighted spreading the candle light throughtout the sanctuary.  Like most years Kris and the girls were there along with my parents. It's a service that always brings on such fond memories for me and yes, a few tears thinking of those who can't be there with us. 

We looked at some lights on the way home and headed to my house for a little quiet time before Christmas morning comes. We took our "Santa Hat" pictures under our Christmas Trees and opened gifts with Joel and Jodi.  Again this year I had several trees...my Memory Tree as I call it because it holds ornaments filled with memories, my Kitchen Cookie Cutter Tree, and of course, my Pink Flamingo Tree. I like my old-fashioned Santa and Snowman lights too, they are like ones my parents always had at their house.  Julie has mom and dad's under her tree.