A Christmas Tradition

We meant to sleep in this morning, but woke up bright and early. Stroker got out in the 39 degree temperature to hand wash my car because "it was overdue" (he said). Who in there right mind washes a car when it is this cold outside? I can't decide if he just really really loves me or if he has lost his sanity.
By midday, we were on I40 headed to Mt. Juliet for our annual Christmas dinner with the Brooks family. It has become tradition over the years to meet up for dinner and a gift exchange. We don't get to visit much due to the miles between us, but look forward to the times we set aside for each other. Brookelynn had been sooo excited this week to get to see Ansley. The gifts were exchanged while we all had dinner. We also looked at photos of the progress on their new house. Looking forward to seeing it when it is done.
We went to Best Buy, Target  and Home Goods while we were in the area, but couldn't deal with the over crowded stores and check out lines beyond those three stores and decided to head back home.