12.21.2009

Our Christmas, Part 1

After having a wonderful and relaxing weekend, CAhusband and I got to celebrate Christmas with my parents yesterday. We started off in the afternoon at my parents house for appetizers, cocktails, and opening presents before heading to Riverside for dinner at The Mission Inn!
My grandma sent some presents for Reilly and Gus (my mom and dad's dog) that we let them tear into right away. It's so funny how they just knew the presents were for them and got so excited. They both got matching Christmas collars, and then continued to play with the boxes!
Reilly wearing her new collar and tearing up the box some more.

Gus laying down so that Mom and put on his new collar.

Once we finished exchanging gifts with my parents we hopped in the car to head to dinner. We wanted to have time to take in all of the beautiful lights at The Mission Inn before heading into dinner at Duane's but there was soooo much foot traffic from people who wanted to see the lights that we were running a little behind. Luckily on our way into the restaurant we were able to see most of the very impressive Christmas decor.
The lights at The Mission Inn

CAhusband and I after dinner

We had a absolutely fabulous dinner and were able to take in all of the beautiful sights and Christmas decorations with my parents. Yesterday was a wonderful start to our holiday celebrations that will continue later this week!
CAhusband and I plan to have a little Christmas celebration with just the 3 of us on Christmas Eve morning, where we will give Reilly her presents and exchange gifts with each other. CAhusband will then head into work for a few hours before we head to the airport in the afternoon to catch our flight back to Indiana.
Stay tuned for more pictures of our Christmas celebrations throughout the rest of the week!
4 days 'til Christmas!

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1 comments:

Virginia Belle said...

Looks like you guys had a great early Christmas. Love Reilly's new collar :) I like that you 3 are doing your own Christmas. We exchanged gifts this weekend because we didn't think we would have time before we left for IN. But I would have loved to have our own Christmas.