So this year, we decided to do an early Durbin Christmas in Mesa. Brent & Alisa weren't going to be able to come to Riverside for our usual Durbin Christmas Eve & Day out there, so Mom and Dad decided to come out early to do our Christmas here. It worked out well actually because Kenny was able to come down and Mike & Olivia were here also....and we all got to spend the day together and do gifts and have a great dinner. Mike made an excellent Prime Rib Roast and we had many many sides including Mom's traditional spinach tyropitas and Gramma's famous twice baked potatoes. Even though we couldn't celebrate with Gramma & Papa on Christmas Eve like we usually do, they were with us here in spirit tonight.
After dinner we exchanged gifts...WAY too many as usual! I love that we all kinda make "wish lists" for each other. We still don't know what we will be getting, but at least we get a good idea of what each other wants. This year Brent said he didn't want anything....so Alisa filled out a wish list for him. One of the items was "patience". For those that know Brent well, you know that he possesses little of this gift. Kenny took on the task of finding & giving him some patience. His gift was wrapped in a whole roll of duct tape....which took much "patience" to open. It was soooo hilarious!!! Brent was smiling, but inside I'm sure he had a few choice words for his brother :) It was also fun watching Avery open all her gifts. Just like any little kid though, she would open one and be done! She wanted to play with everything! And she was soooo excited for all her gifts too. It was quite funny!
Although it wasn't our traditional Christmas celebration with my family, it was still a wonderful day/evening and the fact that we all celebrated it together is all that really matters!
The prime rib roast....enough to feed an army!!!
Kids passing out the gifts....
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