Christmas 2011

This Christmas was unlike any other Drew and I have had, primarily because we got to wake up on Christmas morning in our own home and have some time to ourselves before all the fun and craziness of Christmas day. It has become a tradition for Drew to make his sausage pinwheels for our family to eat on Christmas morning so Christmas Eve, Drew got to work. They are so easy to make:

1. mix up Bisquick as directed on the box

2. Lay out some wax paper and add PLENTY of flour covering the wax paper

3. Roll out the Bisquick mixture and crumble 1 lb. of your favorite sausage (Drew and I like to mix half a roll of mild and half a roll of hot)

4. Carefully roll into a big pinwheel, wrap in fresh wax paper and foil, and stick in the freezer or frig (depending on when you plan to eat it).

5. When ready to eat, cut into about 1 inch wide pinwheels and heat at 450 or so for about 10 minutes. They are SO good and SO easy!

Christmas Eve, we went to mass with Larissa and my parents and enjoyed some holiday drinks and dinner afterwards. Here is Drew and I before leaving for church.

The plan was to meet back up at my parents around 10 Christmas morning so Drew and I got up about 7:30 to have Christmas, just the two of us...well and Lucy and Avery :)

Christmas at my parents was amazing as usual! My sweet parents always put so much into Christmas day and the spirit of Christmas is definitely still alive in the Ewing household.

Drew and I headed to the Delta around 3:00 Christmas day and met up for dinner at Mamaw's. After dinner and visiting with the family, we went over to Stevee and Scott's house to have Christmas and open presents. Now that Eli is 2, it is especially fun watching him open presents.

Drew got this cool Razorback nutcracker! Go Hogs!

Probably one of the coolest things I received this Christmas was this T-shirt Drew's parents had made. Helena is host to Blues Fest (Also Know as the King Biscuit Festival) which is one of the largest blues festivals in the country believe it or not. Each year posters and t-shirts are made with the year's design. When drew was in grade school, the festival decided to hold a contest for the poster/t-shirt designs. Drew won!

One of the most exciting things to happen this Christmas was that my sister got ENGAGED!!! We had all known that Chris was going to pop the question so it felt so good not to have to keep such a big secret anymore :) My parents gave Larissa and Chris a celebration dinner last week for the newly engaged couple!