A Southern Christmas Eve

The past 70+ hours have been a bit of a whirl wind! I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas with all of your friends and families.

Hubby and I couldn’t have been more spoiled with love from all of the people we adore!

Our Christmas started at the FIL’s Farm. Gotta love the country

Lots of Scrabble Flash was played by all.

If you haven’t bought this game, get out and GET IT!!!

 

Then it was our first go-around with opening gifts

I loved watching my nephews excitement about all of their toys!

My sweet SIL.

While we sat around opening presents I couldn’t help, but eat several of these amazing Snicker peanut butter cookies!!! I have to make these next year!

After celebrating with the FIL we headed back to Memphis, where a lot of rough housing took place. I think we need to have boys?!

The MIL made pot roast for dinner

 

Southern comfort on a plate.

Christmas Eve Morning I met up with another college friend Stephanie at Starbucks. I enjoyed my last Peppermint Mocha for the season

 

It was so great to catch up on life with one of the sweetest people I know!

Then Hubby and I hit up our last Memphis favorite restaurant for our Christmas Eve lunch, the American Cafe

I ordered the Goat Cheese and Spinach Pizza (the most greens I had all week) .

Hubs went with the Chicken Pot Pasta

Later on that evening we celebrated Christmas Eve with the in-laws. A fancy dinner!

We picked up some red wine at a local shop in Memphis, Jam Jar. I enjoyed a glass with dinner, it tasted like GRAPE JUICE! I am not a huge sweet wine fan, but it actually was really good.

I loved the napkin holders, Hubs made them when he was a kid

All the wonderful traditional dishes.

My plate

I have the sweetest SIL and Hubby in the WHOLE WORLD!!!! Everyone knew that this was my first Christmas Eve away from my California family and because I was going to miss the Tamales. So they searched high and low and surprised me with tamales at dinner! I almost cried right there. How blessed am I?!

Gotta love the nephews

After dinner we all got in our comfy Christmas jammies and stayed up late chatting. Hubby wanted me to give him a foot massage. I don’t do feet! I tried

Such cuties

Alright Santa we are ready!

 

Christmas morning to come soon….