Our family attended the Christmas Eve service at St. John XXXIII in Cedar Rapids. We arrived ten minutes early and it turned out that it was not early enough. There was no parking available and standing room only in the church. The service was about an hour and a half. Bo dressed his best for mass. Once we got home, our plans of driving to Marengo for soup at Grandma Lynn's didn't look very possible. So, we stayed home as a family and watched It's A Wonderful Life on the TV. We also did some finishing touches on the house before the family arrives on Christmas Day.
