Christmas Eve

I hope you all had a nice Christmas, we had a great Christmas this year. Robbie and I had several days off of work so the three of us were able to hang out a lot. We had a lot of fun. McKinley discovered the art of sleeping in and on Christmas morning didn't wake up until 8:00 am...Merry Christmas Mom!

On Christmas Eve we had dinner at my parents house and had a delicious spread of mexican food. We laughed all threw dinner and the little girls sat at their own little table that was fun, but proved to be a little too much freedom for McKinley...I'm not sure she ever ate anything! Here we are right after dinner, we don't often take pictures where all 3 of us are in it, so it's fun to take a few at a family gathering with a willing photographer (thanks Dad!):

Then we packed into the living room around my Mom's Nativity tree and read the story of Christ's birth from Luke in the Bible and opened just one present. Here we are in our pajamas (the customary Christmas Eve present):

Cali, McKinley and Abi modelws their pajamas for me while they sang and danced to Once There Was a Snowman.

Then the girls made Rice Crispy treat presents to leave out for Santa and had a great time. McKinley even decorated as she ate all the decorations this time:

We were very tired when we got home. McKinley fell asleep on the way home and Robbie and I finished wrapping presents. It's fun and different to be the parent on Christmas Eve...making sure everything is just right. We put together a table and chairs for McKinley and set out some more gifts. It was a fun evening. I'll post about Christmas day soon!