Our annual Christmas Countdown continued on again this year. Here's a highlight from each day:
Day 1: Ryan read Luke 2 for us.
Day 2: Smyrna had its Christmas tree lighting in Downtown. Our small group volunteered to serve hot chocolate to passersby which was a lot of fun.
Day 3: S'mores Night!
Day 4: Grinch sweater-making
Day 5: Ryan won an Amazon gift card in our dart tournament.
Day 6: I received a McDonald's gift card for winning our little competition of following directions to draw a Christmas tree on a paper plate that's balanced on our heads.
Day 7: Getting our family's Christmas card ready for mailing.
Day 8: We had a busy evening, so this was a quick True or False question night to learn some fun pop culture Christmas facts.
Day 9: Christmas trivia
Day 10: Reading The Crippled Lamb together
Day 11: Stonehaven's Christmas program. Mia looked so beautiful!
Day 12: Dinner and a movie night. We watched the newest Knives Out movie called Wake Up Dead Man. Dinner was a lot of fun as I made a menu to match the movie. We all thoroughly enjoyed our "Evening of Intrigue" menu of Manor House Steak (grilled steak), Potatoes of the Gilded Table (mashed potatoes), Green Beans of the Silent Witness (green beans), Crimson Conservatory Fruit Medley (raspberries, strawberries, and pomegranate arils with a honey lime dressing), and a Sourdough of the North Creek Estate (sourdough bread with oil and vinegar). We enjoyed The Southern Twilight Sparkle (sparkling grape juice) to drink as well as The Sweet Revelation Sundae (ice cream sundae) for dessert. It was a lot of fun to put this together!
Day 13: Mia won a Chick-fil-A gift card by coming out on top of our new game, Azul.
Day 14: We enjoyed our church's beautiful Christmas concert.
Day 15: We enjoyed painting Christmas suncatchers.
Day 16: We had fun creating scratch ornaments.
Day 17: Lily took the Chick-fil-A gift card by winning the word search race.
Day 18: We seek for opportunities throughout the year to be generous with the resources the Lord has given us. It seems there are even more opportunities around Christmastime. This year Lily chose to help Send Relief provide food for babies while Mia decided to help Samaritans Purse with feeding children and providing mosquito netting to those in need.
Day 19: Elf at The Fox! This was a really fun show.
Day 20: This or That Day. We had a delicious lunch at Shake Shack followed by yummy gelato at Antico. We headed over to Target where each girl had $20 to spend on something fun. We took a little break to rest for a bit then finished the evening by watching Arthur Christmas and getting an early little gift of Christmas pjs.
Day 21: Meme's Christmas gathering. This was a wonderful evening with our extended family.
I'm so thankful for our family.
Day 22: Family dinner at Marcel's.
Day 23: Puttshack mini-golf. Our friend, Scott Wheeler, gave us several free rounds of play which is a perk of him working here. There are lots of cool holes; Ryan got a hole in one on this one!
Day 24: We started the day with our traditional brunch with Mom, Dad, and Wayne's family. I love this meal which includes a cranberry-apple casserole, sausage croissant casserole, egg sausage casserole, cheese grits, biscuits, lots of bacon, and crockpot hot chocolate. Seriously, I look forward to this meal al year. After brunch, we exchange gifts and enjoy some time together. After everyone leaves, we rested for a bit and then headed to church of the Christmas Eve service which is just lovely. This is a wonderful way to spend the day.
It was another fun countdown year!
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