Christmas Day

On Christmas morning, we slept in...I accidentally turned off my alarm instead of hitting snooze. Oops! It was actually a nice way to start the day because I truly love to sleep! Haha! We hurried over to Casey's parents house for brunch with family that had just gotten in town. Of course, everything was delicious, as always! My in-laws are awesome cooks! I was thankful that only one dish was egg-based. I was a little nervous because I don't like scrambled or fried eggs...I know it's weird. We had ham, grits casserole, cheese apples, biscuits, hash brown casserole, and Casey's aunt and uncle's famous black bottom pie. We spent a few hours visiting with family and then headed back to our house.

Casey & I read the Christmas story together and prayed together to thank Jesus for coming to Earth to save us! I really got overwhelmed reading the story aloud. I know I've read it so many times, but the older I get, the more I am truly in awe at how much my Lord and Savior loves me...even at my worst moments! I was reminded of this as I got caught up in rushing around and trying to make everything perfect and caught myself being anxious and having a bad attitude. Then I stopped and said, "Thank you, Jesus, that you came to save me and you love me even when I act like a brat. Thank you for reminding me that it's not about everything being perfect or about me at all. It's all about you!"

Casey & I opened our presents from each other, and I actually didn't think to take pictures of us opening our gifts. We did our stockings on Christmas Eve night. I got Casey a new video game that he had been wanting. He got me a new board game called Last Word. It's kind of like Scattergories with a chosen letter and categories and is lots of fun. We played last night. Playing games is one of my very favorite things to do, especially word games. He also gave me a cake stand with a lid. I had been wanting one of these for a while. 2 of my best friends always have theirs on the counter filled with goodies. I think it's really homey (cozy...not like chillin' with my homey haha).

I was so excited to use it that I washed it right away and filled it with goodies that I made on Christmas Eve, oreo truffles and ritz cookies.

He also gave me an air mattress for when we want to camp out in the living room. This has recently become a fun weekend date for us.

This is our real mattress from our bed. Casey recently painted our bedroom and moved the mattress into the den. We slept in there that night to keep from breathing in the fumes. We had so much fun "camping out" in the living room that we actually moved it another weekend and slept in the den just for fun. The air mattress will be a little easier than moving our big mattress every time we want to go camping. :)

I made chicken pie for dinner. Yummy! Casey's parents gave us a set of these great soup bowls for Christmas. We had been wanting some, and I was excited to use them for chicken pie! After dinner, we relaxed together, played games, and watched Christmas episodes of our favorite TV shows. It was a great day! Happy birthday Jesus!