Christmas Eve

We had SO much fun this Christmas. We were lucky enough to have Grandpa Jim and Grandma Lori here. Plus Chelsea, Shawn, Cora & Collin. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by family and celebrate together. On Christmas Eve all 14 of us spent the night at our house so we could wake up together on Christmas morning. We had a delicious feast, complete with a turkey, a ham AND a prime rib! Gluttony doesn't even cover it. The girls went and looked at Christmas lights. We all came home and had cookies and the kids decorated gingerbread houses (I didn't get any pictures of that, but I think Grandma and Chelsea did). Lily and Cora wrote a little card for Santa to leave with his cookies. And of course the kids all opened their traditional Christmas pajamas. It was really a beautiful feeling to have all of us together, it brought back so many memories of my own childhood. I missed my brothers and Amy and the Perkowskis and, of course, my Aunt Debbie. But they were all there in spirit! Hopefully some day we can ALL be together for Christmas. But until then, we'll take what we can get and love every minute of it!

The card and plate full of cookies for Santa. This was the leftover cookie...don't worry, Lily finished it off for him the next morning!

Clean and in their Christmas pj's! Connor looks a little psychotic, probably too many cookies.

All the kids ready for bed and Santa!!