We celebrated Christmas with Granna and Granstan on Christmas Eve Eve this year because Uncle Jon was on shift on Christmas Eve and Aunt MerMer had to work on Christmas Day. Luckily, the kids are still young enough that they don't care when we celebrate as long as they get to open a few presents!
We started our gathering with the annual family picture in front of Granna's Christmas tree. The kids not only cooperated for our picture but for a few with Granna and Granstan too. (It's amazing how well they cooperate when you tell them they can't open their presents until they smile for a few pictures!)
The kids were so excited to spend a couple of days with Aunt MerMer and Uncle Craig. Craig has been such a blessing to our family. He fits into our family so well and the kids adore him!
Parker got us started with a package from Aunt MerMer. She wrapped his present in several other boxes and made him unwrap each one until he finally got to his present. He thought that was very funny! And it was very fitting that his present this year was a set of joke books!
The kids got lots of fun things from Granna, Aunt Emily and Aunt MerMer this year.
After the kids finished opening their presents, we let them play in the kitchen with their new toys while we opened our presents.
After a yummy Mexican dinner from Barrera's, the kids got ready for their annual Christmas play. Lily was chosen to play the part of Mary this year and was so excited! Parker, as always, was Joseph, Aubrey was the angel and Addison was the donkey. (Eden and Ryan chose not to participate this year.) They all did a great job with the play, especially Lily who did good with her first ever speaking part.
After they finished, they switched parts and performed the play one more time for us!
After the play, the kids changed into their new Christmas pajamas and we played one round of Marshmallow Toss before heading home for the night.
It was a great family filled day and the kids were worn out by the time we got home! It was a perfect start to all of our Christmas celebrations!
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