Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Christmas Eve traditional game of Right, Left, Center!

Oh the anticipation of wanting to win that sweet jackpot!

I think Jake came out victorious this year.

Decorating cookies for Santa.

It was a wrapping and burning the midnight oil type of Christmas Eve.

But it is worth it come Christmas morning!

Look at those excited faces.

And it is Lanes last Christmas before he leaves on his mission!

This is his favorite holiday.

I can hardly believe he wont be with us next year!

She's a little pumped to get going on presents!

Air pods, Polaroid camera, snowboarding boots and Ugg clogs!

Not one toy this year.

We are all growing up.

My parents rotate going to my siblings homes Christmas morning.

Breakfast with the biscuits and gravy master (my dad) in our kitchen
was like a bonus present!

 

My family drops in whenever they can or want Christmas day.

We headed over for a couple of hours and then spent the afternoon

with the Goodman's!

The kids excitingly awaiting their turn to open their gift

for the cousin gift exchange. 

This picture makes me chuckle.

We look like Christmas had beat us over with a stick!
We were trying to hang in there until we could go to bed!

It was a very, Merry Christmas!

Christmas Card 2024

 

New York (Last) Minutes

Summit One Vanderbilt.

Had the BEST views to scope out the city!

We walked off the elevator and gasped!

We were not prepared for how cool it would be!

floor to ceiling glass windows with panoramic views. 

It was so bright they pass out sunglasses!

They make each side of the building a different experience.

Mirror rooms, levitation edges and a room with these balls that

everyone was dying to get their content pictures taken with.

 

The Vanderbilt building is attached to Grand Central Station.

The nicest subway hub I have ever seen!

On our walk back to Times Square we decided to take one more

chance at eating at Joe's pizza.

It had 2 hour wait lines every time we checked!

They were 5 minutes from opening so lucky us, we got in!!!

Pizza for breakfast never tasted so good.

We got our pizza and the line had already formed. 

Yay for Joes!

The New York way of eating pizza, folded in half.

We did one last meandering of Times Square.
And ordered one last hot chocolate!

Walked back to the hotel where Amman, our trusty driver, was waiting for us!

And with icicles on his car.

Crazy to think we were headed back to 70 degree weather!

Nothing can beat Christmas in New York!

But maybe Christmas in London is better?

We will have to see one of these days:)