Christmas Eve day Kevin and I were busy prepping the 15 pounds of standing rib roast we were eating that night, and making sides. We went over to my mom's house for gifts with my stepsister Alisa that involved a little champagne, and lots of food!
We headed to Poppy's house in the afternoon to start cooking the roast, and I was SO NERVOUS! I had never cooked a piece of meat that expensive before! I'm a chicken turkey cooker, so red meat was a new feat for me. Thankfully it turned out amazing. We did one half with a horseradish crust and the other half with a maple syrup Dijon mustard glaze. I can't believe my family ate all of it, but they did!
We do a white elephant exchange on Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the fam, but not with crummy gifts we don't want. We do a $25 exchange, and I requested that no one do gift cards this year. It was so much fun! We had a deep fryer, deli meat from Corky and Lenny's, a toaster, and the famous Shake Weight! We thought that doing Christmas Eve at Poppy's house might be hard after everything we recently went through, but it was really the only place that would fit our growing family. It turned out to be so much FUN! Just a great day in general with fabulous food and company. :)
A little Christmas cheer at my mom's in the afternoon.
That roast was HEAVY!
Bethanne was NOT comfortable getting the Shake Weight
Laughing so hard at the video of BA right now!!!!
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