Christmas Eve 2008

So here is another December Update! Christmas Eve has come and gone. Brandon and I feel very fortunate that we are able to have family so close that we are able to spend the holiday with both of our families. Christmas Eve is a lot of fun in the Bing home, I look forward to it every year and it never disappoints! We always start the day off with a movie, then dinner, then the pageant, then back home for food and then normally we watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation... which sadly we didn't this year... but we did play a SUPER fun game called Apples to Apples! I figured I would show pictures of the day, it's easier to talk about the day by showing you the fun!

When we arrived at the house on Christmas Eve the girls were playing monopoly, and you should watch these girls play they are quite good! The little guy is Malcolm he lives across the street and is just part of the family. He was on Brittany's team and was making some deals for her that I don't think she would have normally made! She's a good sport and went along with them!

Malcolm came back just before we were about to go to the movie to bring the family something his mother had made... it was so cool... it's a vase with some festive plants in it, but what is cool is that the vase is star shaped and made out of ICE! It was simply beautiful, we had to put it in the freezer so it wouldn't melt since it was pretty mind during the day on Christmas Eve!

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After this picture we went and saw Four Christmases... Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn... which was actually pretty funny, although there were some spots that were a bit awkward to see with your in-laws/parents sitting right there with you! It brought many laughs though and we had a fun time together as a family!

After the movie we went back home to relax before dinner... Meg and I had to get a picture together since we were twins and we hadn't even planned it... gotta love the GAP red cable knit sweater... I think we were looking Good!

I also wanted to share this picture from the Bing's, my mother-in-law always decorates the house so beautifully for the holidays, this is one of my favorite decorations, which is the nativity, and it holds candles and it just so beautiful!

After a break at home Peter and Laureen took us all out for Chinese Food for Christmas Eve dinner, we were trying to figure out what meals to get so since there were eight of us I think we got a meal for four and a meal for two...or something like that and we soooo didn't need to get more then one meal we had sooooo much Chinese food which was yummy and delicious! Peter wore his Santa hat all day, to everywhere we went which was cute!

This is a shot of the fam at the Chinese Restaurant, Peter took it for us so it's everyone but him and Jaccob since he was still at work. L-R... Laureen, Me, Brandon, Jason, Meaghan, Chelsey and Brittany.

After dinner we headed to the Nativity at the Church which I always love going to. This year Simon and Danielle were Mary and Joseph and were so cute!! I love going to the nativity because I not only get to be with family but I get to see some wonderful friends on the holidays too. I was a little bummed though that we missed seeing my family at the Nativity, since we came to the later performance! This top picture is of Julia, Kristine, Kailey and Adam and below is Kristine and Morgan... it was so wonderful to see Kristiane and we just wish she'd move back home for good!

When we got home it was time for more food and fun... in our family we do something called Jack Corner Pie, which basically is a gift exchange between all the siblings. We draw a name and have a price limit and then we exchange them on Christmas Eve... it's nice since there are so many of us! This year I had Jaccob and Jaccob had me... I gave him a new shirt which he is modeling below with his egg nog mustache, what was funny was that he was given PJ pants in the same color so he had a little blue and white outfit going on. Anyway Jay bought me two new books which I was excited about since I needed some new books. Meaghan and Brandon and bought him a magic bullet which is pretty fun and what is funny about that is that Chelsey had Meaghan and bought her a magic bullet....it was a great laugh!! We also all got new Christmas PJ's which were a lot of fun and so comfy to put on for game playing!

It was really great to have Jaccob home this year, we were a complete family again! He was away on his mission last year and we missed him... glad he's home!

Brandon and I Christmas eve 2008

Part of Brandon's Jack Corner Pie gift was that Meaghan and Jason after the movie drove out to the airport and bought crab legs for Brandon, which was shared with everyone. He had wanted them on his birthday and wasn't able to get them, so it was really sweet for them to remember. He loved them and said they were super delicious!

chelsey and brittany during the gift exchange... chels was excited about her new shuffle... it's going to be a family of shuffles... peter, chelsey and brandon for sure have them now!

Brothers together again playing apples to apples, so much fun!

Bing Family 2008

Peter wanted to take a group shot to send along to family who live all across the country so we set up the camera and their timers and took a great family shot!!

Coming Next Post Christmas 2008!