Christmas Eve Eve

This year we started a new family tradition - celebrating Christmas Eve Eve together. We had a great time!  Dad had us all over to spend the evening eating, drinking, and having fun!  It was strange to see 3 cars in the driveway with license plates from Georgia, Florida, and Indiana and it's rare that we're all together, so we really enjoyed it.  Dad made the food but of course we wanted to contribute, so we came up with some drinks and dessert. 

What are we drinking, you may ask?  :)  It's Skittles Vodka!  Ali saw it all over Pinterest and we knew we had to make it. How can you go wrong when mixing a favorite childhood candy with a favorite adult beverage?

We had a couple hours kid free (thank you Andy's parents and Curt!), so while we were out finishing Christmas shopping, we stopped by the Container Store to buy these flasks. Making the vodka was really easy, it just required time and a lot of straining. All of the flavors were good!

For dessert, we decided to make Red Velvet (Cheesecake) Cake.  Most everyone was too full from dad's baked potato soup, barbecue chicken, and salad to eat it, but of course we had to sample it. It was very good...combining 2 of our favorites, Red Velvet and Cheesecake.

Buttercream frosting, red velvet cake, and cheesecake...yum!

I think Mamie liked it! :)

Uncle Matt had fun entertaining the kids. Or at least the kids had fun beating up on Uncle Matt!

Then it was time for our group shots (sorry for the poor lighting)...

Such a fun night! I think that as the three of us kids get older, we appreciate one another and really enjoy our time together even more!