Christmas time recap part 4

Christmas Eve!

I've always loved Christmas Eve. It's just so special with all the anticipation of the next day! Our tradition has always been celebrating with my moms side of the family on Christmas Eve night. Unfortunately, this prevents us from going to church that night, which makes me sad .... We've squeezed in the 11:00 service a few times but that's not possible with little ones. We have a big gathering with my grandparents and cousins and aunt and uncle. This year was tough as my Uncle passed away in October... But we made the best of it. We always cook steaks and have potato casserole and salad. It's such a fun night. We also do Chinese auction amongst the adults, which can get crazy!

My immediate family started the tradition a few years back of doing brunch on Christmas Eve so we can exchange gift with my parents and brother and his family. It's nice because then we can go home and rest for the day in between events:-)

Brunch:

Her big gift from my parents!

Sweet cousins: barefoot in December... It was way too warm here on Christmas.

The boys' presents, they were obsessed!

Now, onto Christmas Eve.

My poor girl came down with some sort of virus that night and was pitiful. She barely left my parents bed for most of the night.

Luckily, some Motrin helped and she seemed much better the next day!

And of course, one pic of C putting out cookies for Santa!

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