Christmas Eve

Mark, my girls & Anna (who spent the night with us), and I started Christmas Eve off right with a 15 decade rosary at the Planned Parenthood in Glendale. It didn't rain much, thankfully. Harold, our seminarian friend, was there, which was nice to see him. Mark also saw the girl he was homecoming king with at NDP back in the day. Walking back to our car we also found a toy gun on the sidewalk that magically became a gift for Will & Otto the next day.

I did our hour of Adoration, with Bobbins and the kids picking me up right at 3 to head out to St. Bernard's in Scottsdale for 4pm Mass. Sadly, this felt more like a school play than the holy sacrifice of the Mass, but we made it. Then to the Compound for chaos, dinner & dessert, and some gifts. It was not exactly the nice time with family that Bobbins and I were hoping for.

The photo of Mr. & Mrs. M has all their grandkids save 1, Mikey. The photo with all of us (kids and adults) includes everyone. It was quite a crew!

We were home by 830, which gave us plenty of time to set up for the next day.