For Christmas Eve, we had our friends, Holly, Brad, Eva, and little Thomas, over for dinner and games. We stuffed our bellies so full of the delicious ham dinner that we needed to wait a little bit before eating dessert.
The guys played some ping pong,
while the girls made some graham cracker houses.
Calvin and Thomas were already sleeping at this point. Then Chris and I taught Brad and Holly the game of Citadels. It was a great night and we had a lot of fun!
This was Calvin's first Christmas so Lila showed him the ropes by opening her stocking first.
She loves bananas!
Then we opened presents. I thought these next few pictures were funny.
Let's open this.
Ooh, paper.
Is this mine?
You can have it. I want the paper.
Then we went to church. We heard messages about Christ, His birth, and His example of service. It was a great way to feel the Christmas spirit on this wonderful day. I also love singing Christmas hymns and we sang one of my favorites, 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day'. This time of year is my favorite and I look forward to it all year long. There is just something magical in the air:)
I also love the feeling of a new beginning that comes when January rolls around. Here's to the ending of an exciting year and looking forward to what lies in store for us next year!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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