It's Christmas Eve!

 For Christmas Eve this year we were with Beau's family.  It was so much fun!  The entire day ended up being such a wonderful time.We started off the day with a trip to the ice skating rink.  It was a blast.  I hadn't been ice skating in years.  Sadly, they wouldn't let us skate and hold the baby so luckily Aunt Stacie was there and she played with the baby so we could skate.  Thanks again Stacie!!  We had so much fun skating around together. 

When we got back home we put the baby down for a nap and started to play a game of tripoly.  While playing we also watched Christmas movies, munched on veggies and got dinner ready.  We had a very yummy dinner of Steak, potatoes, salad, beans, rolls, and a pear cobbler for dessert.  It was so good. 

After dinner we all settled down to hear dad read the Christmas Story and to talk about the miracle of Jesus.  It was such a special moment to hear him read Luke 2 and then discuss the choir of Angles that were there when that happened.  I hope I was one of those angels singing at the top of my lungs Glory to God! 

When that was over we went to the more commercial side of Christmas and opened the gifts.  We had Jens and Tiffany this year and they had us.  The boys got Gracie the most DARLING purple batman shirt and a little duck that has a string and it walks with you.  So much fun. They also got us a cocoa maker, cups, cocoa, and some yummy goodies, all wrapped up so beautifully.  Mom and Dad got us a cast iron pot, blanket, a majhong set, etc.  It was a wonderful Christmas.  Gracie wore her red Christmas dress that Grandma got her and boy did she look so beautiful.  We had an amazing Christmas eve and we are so grateful for the love that we felt while we were with everyone.