Happy Birthday Jen & Christmas Eve - UPDATED *AGAIN* WITH PICTURE CHANGES!!

Our Christmas starts on Christmas Eve. We start it off at lunch time every year by celebrating Jennifer’s birthday (my Jennifer as opposed to Mark’s Jennifer – we both have sisters named Jennifer and that is how we differentiate them when we are talking about them…Also one Jen is Jen and the other Jenn is Jenn).

Back to the day…It is Jen’s birthday and we gather for a birthday lunch. This year we are having roast beer and Yorkshire pudding!! YUMMY! Generally after we have lunch, cake and presents for Jen’s birthday, we move to the living room so that Josh (10) and Madison (4 ¾) can open their Christmas presents! It is always a good day with lots of laughter. The kids are SO good at lunch. They know that not until the "birthday" is over do they start the Christmas. Now they might circle the tree and have eagle eyes looking for their name, but they don't say anything and they don't touch anything. They are so good!

Since I am writing this in advance – this is what I anticipate happening...

Here are the pictures of the day...

| View Show | Create Your Own

After we finish at Mom and Phil’s for Jen’s birthday and the kids Christmas, Mark and I and Tracey will come back here to our place and Linda (next door) will join us and we will have an evening of playing cards and nibbling. Since we will have had a big lunch, it will just be fingers foods for the evening. It will be a nice night.

Christmas day itself will be a long post and I and anticipating getting to that in a couple of days. Mark and I make 5 different stops on Christmas day. We are SO lucky to have so much family that we want to spend time with. The day will start about 5:30 or 6:00 and continue ‘till about midnight!

Happy birthday Jen – did I mention that she is older then me…LOL!!

Merry Christmas to all my family and friends - both new and old - who celebrate Christmas!! ENJOY!!