A Very Non-Traditional Christmas

As Christmas neared, and this difficult year began to draw to a close, we decided to do Christmas eve a little bit different this year.  With a very gracious invitation from Nana extended, my clan, Uncle Jason, Aunt Debbie and their brood AND Grammy and Granddad all came together for a joint Christmas Eve dinner.  The evening was awesome and many spirits were lifted.

Christmas day followed and continued the non-traditional trend.  Not only was Christmas perched on a Sunday this year, but Mom and Abby were scheduled for nursery duty at church.  So we arose early, opened some gifts, then dashed out the door to worship our Lord and Savior in both song and service.

The non-traditional theme didn't end after church.  We returned home and prepped to host Christmas day dinner at our house with Grammy and Granddad in attendance.  On the menu:  Lasagna and Chicken Divan.

And things didn't end there.  On Monday, we celebrated Christmas with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jenn and their family.  We again hosted dinner but this time served hot-dogs and hamburgers from the grill.  You should've seen the faces of the guys at the gas station when I went to exchange the gas tank for the grill earlier.

Any way, Merry Christmas...