Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is very relaxed at our house; we wake up between 7:30 and 8:00am and open presents and eat breakfast. We spend the rest of the day in our PJ's watching Christmas movies and playing with our new goodies.

Note: my Christmas and New Year's pictures were taken in a raw format with my digital camera so I have not been able to edit or enlarge the data.

Merry Christmas

As our tradition on Christmas Eve continues, we attended church for the candlelight service and then had our annual Christmas Eve dinner at our house with our family and the Farrahs. We had a delicious dinner of beef tenderloin and many side dishes. Before dinner, David read the Christmas story from the Bible and then we had a birthday cake for Jesus. The children left reindeer food on the lawn for Santa, Rudolph + others. It was a very enjoyable evening and we look forward to hosting it every year- Next year I need to get a group picture of all who attended!

Santa Claus is coming to town!

I took the girls to visit Santa at the mall as in years past. This was the first year that Georgianna was not scared of Santa and she was so happy to see him. Ellie took Harriett our Elf on the visit.

Christmas Sing-A-Long

Ellie's school had its annual Christmas brunch and musical. Each grade sings a few Christmas songs for the parents and siblings. Along with the breakfast; the school has a book fair. This year Clifford, the big red dog, was present.

Friends ... Emma Kate, Ellie and Gabrielle
3rd grade singing (E is in middle row)
Ellie & Georgianna with Clifford at the school book fair