Christmas Eve 2014

These are the years to cherish. Our kids are all at that magical age-it’s so much fun to see their excitement and anticipation on Christmas Eve.  Julio did work again on Christmas Eve, but we still were able to make it to the Free Zoo day-got there with a couple of hours to spare before they closed. It’s a tradition now-we’ve gone 3 years in a row.

It was cold, but always fun.

 

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa’s. We had a delicious dinner-chicken croussaints and Julio’s fancy chocolate cake for dessert. We didn’t do much else. We played a few games, the Felts came over. We let the kids open their Christmas pjs and then we left around 9 pm.

Family Photo

Pre-Christmas activities

We missed our ward’s christmas party this year, so we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s party instead-it was a brunch and very kid friendly. We had a lot of fun.

We made a gingerbread house

We made our own snowman

Visit with Santa. Lucia asked for movie tickets?, Marco asked for a cell phone, Sylvia asked for a Lalaloopsy, and Tessa asked for a Frozen book.

We went to see some different Christmas lights in Roseville this year-a little break from our normal tradition of Dovewood Court. I think next year, we’ll return to our our regular tradition.

We of course did all the other stuff, decorated the tree, took the kids to the Pancake breakfast at the school, watched lots of Christmas movies, went Christmas shopping, baked lots of cookies and delivered them to friends and teachers. It’s a magical time of year that helps us remember our Savior and His birth.

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