Friday, December 28, 2018

Christmas Day

On Christmas Eve we set out Santa's milk and cookies as well as carrots for the reindeer too! John Collins fell asleep so Caroline made sure it was all ready! 
And then she fell fast asleep....
The magic of Christmas morning! 
Waiting to see what Santa left them......
She named her "Caroline." As she does most of her babies. 
He is currently obsessed with "nays" so this was a hit! 
And her with unicorns....
Stockings!!!
After all the presents were opened we enjoyed playing with our toys and watching Christmas movies until my family arrived for Christmas evening dinner! 
Christmas Evening ..... 
Love this one...I feel ya, John Collins. Christmas can be exhausting. 
Another favorite tradition. Baking Baby Jesus a cake and singing "Happy Birthday!"
Experiencing Christmas with children brings a whole new level of excitement and happiness during the holidays.  Grateful for family and for Jesus. 




















Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Eve was spent at Greystone Country Club with the Ceases' at the delicious Dicken's Dinner. 
 
How we got the kids to sit still during the meal....per usual. 
Crafts for the kids! 
After dinner, Alan and Meghan had a huge surprise! They had a party bus waiting for us after we changed into our pjs to take us on a tour of Christmas lights. This is a fun Christmas Eve tradition for Alan's family!
When we got back in from our light tour, we made sure to leave Santa some milk and cookies in case he stopped by to see us during the night! 
And when we woke up on Christmas Eve morning, SANTA had surprised us with so many toys! 
Lollie, Poppie, Aunt Megs and Uncle Ed are WAY too good to us! What a wonderful Christmas it was.