On Christmas Eve and Christmas morning we had some time just as a family of five.
We went to our church's Christmas Eve candlelight service which is something I remember doing as a child and always looked forward to.
We told the girls they would be able to open one gift that night and they couldn't wait!
They went to bed so well and let us sleep in until 7:30. They even played upstairs for awhile before I went to get them to come down to open presents! We read this note before they opened the rest of the presents under the tree.
This picture is blurry, but I think captures the mood of the morning perfectly.
It is Brad's tradition to buy goodies for their stockings and he always like to include oranges.
This year instead of making a cake or baked good for Jesus' birthday, we went with Trader Joe's gluten free frozen pancakes (one of my favorite items from there!) with a candle.
After naps, Karri's family and Gigi came over and the fun for the cousins really began.
The men frying up the turkey for us.
While we finished making dinner, the cousins all watched Small One together like they do every year. When they are 18, I'm still going to make them all sit on the couch together to watch it!
I love this pic of my sis because she can be really silly with the kids sometimes. The older cousins like to pretend that little Haven is a monster because she will follow them around and they act like she is chasing them. We always have talks with them about not playing that. This time when they started it, Karri put Haven on her back, said she was the big monster and started chasing them all over.
After dinner, we all acted out the nativity story and everyone really got into their roles. It was so precious to watch and I got teary eyed.
Caleb had a huge smile the whole time he was in the "manger" and just loved all the attention.
Everyone coming around the baby Jesus to bow down and worship him.
And isn't that what Christmas is really all about?
Oh, come let us adore him
Oh, come let us adore him
Oh, come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
For He alone is worthy
For He alone is worthy
For He alone is worthy
Christ the Lord
We'll give you all the glory
We'll give you all the glory
We'll give you all the glory
Christ the Lord
(O Come Let Us Adore Him by Shane & Shane)
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