Twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas Eve we have a simple meal of potato soup served in homemade bread soup bowls, followed by our Nativity Program. This year Don's parents and sister Rachel were able to be here to celebrate with us. We had fun with singing Christmas Carols, as well as being accompanied on the piano by Hayley, Trevor & Michael at times, and listening to Don read the Nativity story out of the scriptures. It is always a special evening.



After our program ends, we usually have a great dessert. This year we had Boston Cream Pie to celebrate our 2008 Boston Family Reunion, and the 12th day of Christmas present we had opened earlier that day from Grammy, our awesome Boston Family Reunion Scrapbook. Of course, we had to bring out a few other goodies to eat as well :)




Once we finished the Christmas Eve party, it was time for pj's and getting ready for Santa and bed. Of course we had to leave Santa cookies and eggnog, plus carrots for the reindeer!



Then it was off to bed, although I heard giggles until late in the night as the excitement of Christmas infected us all. Sometime earlier in the evening the kids had set up camp to all sleep together in Michael & Trevor's room, and they had a lot of fun together. The conspiring, excited giggles are some of the best sounds of Christmas - I love it!