Christmas Eve.

We spent Christmas Eve with my folks, brother, sister -in- law, and 2 nieces.  It was great!  To start the evening off, Izzy read the Christmas story from Luke.  I loved how my Dad asked her to read. 

Sweet adorable niece, H.  Love this girl... and the 2 crazy kids behind me.  :-)

After our traditional dinner {dinner rolls, chips, cheese, pickles, ham} we opened some gifts. The kids had patiently been waiting and were so excited!  Just a side note - I grew up opening gifts on Christmas Eve and loved it. I hoped to continue that tradition, but alas, we open on Christmas morning when we are in town.

 

The group:

 

One of the highlights of the night was being able to skype my little sister, Lis, in Hawaii and share Christmas Eve with her... all that was missing was our big sister.

My brother, Lis, and I:

The kiddos were happy with their gifts from G & G:

New legos for E -

New tutu, rain boots, and umbrella for H -

and a Pucci Pup and doll carrier for her American Girl for I -

I like this picture of the girls opening matching gifts from Aunt Lis -

 This little one just enjoyed the show with her momma -

Hope ya'll had a great Christmas Eve too!