Christmas Eve

We got up to get ready to board the dogs. They were so excited, so they must of known they were going for a car ride! Got the car all loaded and were ready to get on the road, but the husband was missing his wallet. After we tracked it down, which was in his office at work, we were finally able to get on the road to visit with some of my family. Picked up Chick-fil-a to eat with Mike while we chatted with him for awhile. Then, we headed to visit Chris who had my niece and two nephews. They were all so excited! The kids had gifts for us that they wanted up to open, which was very cute. They (my niece) made her uncle a keychain and her aunt a bracelet. We let the kids open the gifts from us and of course that meant we had to play. So out came the play dough!!!! After we finished we headed to my sister's place to drop off her gifts and to visit with her before heading out. She gave us lots of pictures of the kids which I can't wait to put in frames. About 4pm we were finally on the road for our final destination. The weather was really windy and the roads were slick from the rain. Once we got out of the wind gusts the ride was a lot less stressful. Made it to Knoxville around 8:30pm and were ready to eat some dinner. Portia had a roast with potatoes and carrots. Yummy! Later on Elisabeth arrived from her event and we watch old videos of Elisabeth and Michael. Portia also made some yummy pomegranate cosmopolitan - strong but good. Only needed one of these and I was going to sleep well!