Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Christmas Eve Dinner

We have a traditional dinner (ham, turkey, etc.) on Christmas Eve with our family and the Crowders, the kids act out the nativity, and then the kids open their presents from Grammie and Gramps and Aunt Suzie and Uncle Steve. Then, the adults have our gift exchange followed by dessert. It is probably the best part of Christmas. We've been doing it this way for years followed by a sleepover at Mimi's. Last year, when Mimi moved out of her house, we finally said goodbye to the massive sleepover. We miss it, but we're glad we still have the same Christmas Eve traditions to fall back on.

Garrett found these goggles upstairs when he first arrived and wore them all night.

The man table
Mimi with Conner and Tyler
Look at that innocent face...
Nick and Ben look like they're taking an after dinner nap.
Mazee was soooo sleepy after dinner, but she woke up in time for presents!

Kaylee always finds a lap to sit in.
Uh-oh! The true Kaylee shining through.
Not a great picture, but I think it's the only one we have of me at Christmas since I was always behind the camera. Proof that I was at Christmas dinner.
Doesn't she look great for 93 years old?
Cousins
Giving love to the baby bump
Tyler and Steve
Having fun at the kid table
Way too cool for the kid table
Trey loves his food!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Andrea-
It was all so fun. Thank you for having us at your house and thanks for taking a lot of great pictures (I didn't do so hot).