Dec 24th
It's Christmas Eve.... time for traditions to start. We used to go out to dinner every year on Christmas Eve but then it got difficult to find a restaurant that was open. We decided a few years ago to make a nice meal. It was always Filet Mignon but this year Alyssa asked if she could make Eggplant Rollatine.
Notice the apron!
Before sitting down to eat, we had to get our annual EAB Plaza picture by the tree.

Since a new compant took over the building, the decor has really gone downhill. What they had looked nice but they hardly had anything!

This whole area used to have a waterfall, lots of tropical plants and Poinsettias all over. We saw many wedding parties getting their pictures taken in this area. Not anymore!
We came home and had a nice meal of the Eggplant Rollatine and Ravioli. After dinner, we had to go out in the yard for our traditional campfire complete with Smores! Scott shoveled a path to get to the firepit and around it so we didn't have our chairs and feet in the snow.
The snow on the picnic table was slidding off, but frozen in this position!


Alyssa made a drink of 'Gabriel'. That's the name Scott and Alyssa gave our tree. Every year Alyssa makes a cup of tea using a few pieces of the tree, needles and all! YUCK!