Christmas Recap

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a nice Christmas and New Years. We had a very nice time and I enjoyed my blog break, but am anxious to catch up with all of you again.

We had a lovely Christmas Eve, with a service at our church, which ended with all of us circling the sanctuary with lit candles, singing Silent Night.  When we got home we had a video call with Andy and Nikki in Kentucky and then finished the evening by watching A Christmas Carol.

Christmas morning came with warm temps and sunshine.  It had been in the 40's that week and we thought we may not have a white Christmas.  However, we had gotten enough snow that not all of it melted.  It was nice having clear roads for the travelers.

Heather and Andrew were first to arrive, and Cassie couldn't wait for her cousins to show up.  She got Bob to come with her, watching out the front window for Alaina and Ruby to arrive.

We set up tables in our basement and had a lovely meal.

We usually have a ham dinner for Christmas, but decided to make it a little easier this year.  We had lasagna and white chocolate, peppermint cheesecake.  Laura brought along a yummy big salad and Heather made homemade rolls to go with the meal.

After dinner, I got the girls to pose for me.  Connor didn't sit still so he's not in the picture - maybe next year!

Alaina read the Christmas story to all of us.

There was great fun opening presents!  Cassie is showing off a temporary tattoo she got, Ruby is thrilled with a soft, cozy blanket and Alaina was busy helping the littles open gifts.

Alaina even made some cute gift tags.

Here's Connor modeling a cute hat he got.  I'm afraid he's not going to be very good about keeping it on though!

It was fun, but tiring!

We had a lovely day, it's always good to be together!