The Week Before Christmas

Matt's parents flew into Raleigh on Friday, the week before Christmas to visit for a couple days before heading north to Philadelphia. Matt had the kids Friday night since I was working and he met his mom and dad at a local Mexican place for dinner. I had to work Saturday night and Sunday night, so my time with them seemed short. Lucky for us, their flight was delayed on Sunday, so we got to spend some extra time with them Sunday night and Monday morning. Sunday.

We spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night at my parent's house. Ashley came into town on Tuesday, so we enjoyed lots of family time together.

Tuesday, we slipped away for a few hours and had lunch with our dear friends Chris and Julie. It was SO, SO good to see them. I hope that God will let us live across the street from them one day.

For Christmas Eve, we went to church with my parents for the children's service. The puppet show at the beginning was a big hit with the kids, but we ended up taking them out about halfway through the service. Maybe in a few more years we will make it through Christmas Eve church. We came back to Bebe and Pop pop's and had dinner. We came home and tucked the kids into bed and enjoyed setting up their presents under the tree.