Christmas Eve

Our Christmas Eve is always spent going out to look at Christmas lights.  As we drive around during the month, we notice neighborhoods that have lights, so we tend to have an idea of where we might want to go on Christmas Eve.  Unfortunately, this year, we didn't stay out too long. 1--Kraig does not like the dark....no matter how much he loves the lights (and he does), he likes the dark much much less.  2) It was raining. and 3) It was cold.  Nuff said.

I didn't get many pictures, and the ones I did get were blurry or so spotted with rain drops I couldn't make out what it was supposed to be.  There were several very very nicely decorated homes.  It's always neat to see what the "theme" is for the decorations...ie one year it was the white icicle lights, another the gingerbread house trim lights, another the spiral trees and reindeer.  Often, those themes carry over from year to year.  My personal favorite this year were the kind of crystally-glowy kind of lights and the red and green decorations.  Several houses had garland around their porches or bannisters with red bows and white lights or wreaths in each window with a red bow. 

This is the one good picture I was able to get.

Then of course comes the gift wrapping.  This year, we had help, though I think that offer may be rescinded for next year.  Nina and Kyle came over to help us wrap, and they ended up doing most of it.....

It's a little blurry, but I like the glow effect.

It's hard to see in the pictures, but we went by the cemetary and turned the lights on Kyle's wreath as well.