Christmas Eve & Day

Christmas Eve & Day came and went so quickly this year... I'm still way behind with our family posts but I'm SLOWLY catching up... so bare with me. 

It's become tradition that Allison & Mike host our family's Christmas Eve celebration, Grandma, Grandpa & the girls drove up early so the cousins could have some extra playtime.

Mike & I arrived later that evening and my first order of business was holding my niece Reese!

Our newest little bundle arrived just in time for the holidays!

Uncle Mike showed the kids the Santa Tracker online... Maddy gave us reports throughout the night about Santa's whereabouts!  

Of course, there is always plenty of presents!  Grandma & Grandpa spoiled us all!

Cam got the surprise of a lifetime!  A real Lightning McQueen!

We always have a wonderful time at Allison & Mike's but we had to get home and get the girls into bed so Santa could come to our house!  We left him cookies & milk, and for the reindeer we left out carrots!

The girls opened their presents from Santa right away, Figits & Bizu beads, just what they asked for!

The stuff from Mike & I was pretty cool too!

For the last few years Mike & I have been hosting our family's Christmas Day dinner.  We put out a yummy spread of appetizers to munch on throughout the day and for dinner we have ham and our favorite holiday side dishes.

It was a pretty day, everyone just kicked back and relaxed.

That evening after we ate, we used Grandpa's laptop to Skype with the Schuths in Chicago.  Pretty cool!  I need to get a webcam for our computer so I can Skype with my Mom!

The 4 cousins!

After everyone left, the girls got back into their Christmas jammies and played with their toys. Mike & I are so thankful for another blessed & Merry Christmas!