We got up on Christmas Eve morning and the kids were all excited, because they knew that TONIGHT was the night that Santa was coming!!! Needless to say this was a day FULL OF ENERGY, but it paid off because at the end of the night, when all was said and done, they were in their beds sleeping so fast because they knew that Santa was on his way:)
But between waking up and bed time, there was a lot of fun and excitement! We left the house around 11am and headed to Mimmi and Dooders for their Annual Christmas Eve Lunch!!! It was chock full of family, lots and lots of little kiddos, great food, presents, nice conversation, and of course pictures!!
We stayed about 2 hours and then headed to Mema's house to visit and exchange gifts. The girls had a blast when they opened their art set (Emily) and their princess play dough castle (Haley)!! They played contently the rest of the time there! We also ate some really yummy roast that Gail made, and seriously I need to write the recipe down for how she did it, it was so tender and juicy and the flavor was DELICIOUS!!
When we left Mema's the rain was coming down a bit, however we decided to ride by a cool house that had TONS of Christmas Lights (actually two houses side by side) on Monticello Road, when we pulled up we saw Santa coming out of his little house and waving to come in.....so rain or no rain we had to get out to see Santa!! The girls LOVED it!! Ethan slept through the whole thing, poor boy was tuckered out!!
Once we got home the kiddos played for a while, then it was bath time!! That night for scripture time we read the Christmas Story in Luke 2, as has been our tradition for many years. This year however the girls were in charge or re-assembling our Manger scene as Daddy read the story!! They did a spectacular job too, complete with sheep, goat, horse, etc!!
Then it was time to leave Santa a note and some cookies and hit the sack!! And all 3 kiddos knew the drill and went to bed so quickly and nicely! It was Fantastic!! Then Micah and I went to work, after all of our Santa duties were complete and cookies and milk were enjoyed we headed to bed around midnight, and waited for the sounds of our kiddos the next morning............
Santa's Elf, Posing Pretty!
Ethan and his Cousin, Ella, at Mimmi and Dooders' house!
Josh and Olivia, both looking pretty serious!
Danielle and Landon, Happy it's Christmas Eve!
Haley and Phoebe were best buds!
Dooders giving everyone the run down before it was time to open presents!
That dog is bigger than Haley.....well, at least his head is!
Josh trying to get Olivia to smile, by the look on her face she is NOT impressed though:)
Mimmi and E Buddy!! As he is sucking on a Graham Cracker!
Excited about Present Time with Cousins!!!
Emma and Luke were serious about their presents!
Gracie was a little unsure...
Must be something good down there:)
Stephanie and her oldest two daughters
E Buddy Opens a Present with Mimmi! Thanks Gracie for the awesome barn!! He LOVES it!!
Christmas Presents, Kids and a Dooders......Good Times!
And we all thought Haley's Dog was too big for her, that is no match for Colton and his present though:)
More time with his cool new barn! Looks like Haley likes it too!
Danielle cuddling with her baby boy, as he is trying to get to the table!
Olivia was Excited!
Yay! A Sesame Street Toy!
Colton just discovered his building blocks!
"Thanks Emily, I love the blocks!"
Olivia trying to give Ethan a tour of his new barn!
Everyone LOVES Sesame Street!
Cuteness!
Ethan's checking out Landon's Car Seat as he says Good Bye to him!
"Yes, I am a big boy now! I just pulled myself up using only the car seat!"
"What are you doing Mr. Snowman?" Ethan has never really been too sure what to think of this particular snowman at Mema's house:)
"I have no idea what he is doing, Mommy."
"Maybe it will help if I pull his nose?"
"Nope, still doing the same thing."
Ethan moved along from the snowman to pulling up at the table!
Laughing with his Great Aunt Gail!
Ethan loves his Mema too!
Emily and Santa.....Not to impressed......
Both girls together, Emily got Excited and Haley was ready to make a bee line for her Daddy!
Ethan at home, in a box with his favorite snowman friend!
The girls with Haley's new doll from Mimmi and Dooders that she got to open on Christmas Eve night at home!
Emily's Books that she opened on Christmas Eve from Mimmi and Dooders!
Even though I took this pic the day after Christmas it still fits right here, this is the note that Emily dictated for me to write to Santa on Christmas Eve"!!
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