Saturday, December 27, 2008

Christmas Eve

My sleeping baby...This is how the night startedWe had a nice dinner at the house. It was great just to enjoy each other's company, tell stories and laugh.

The best part about Ella's first Christmas was the wrapping paper

New running shoes from Kristin and Carlos. To see a video of how much Will enjoyed these, check out Kristin's blog.



A sun hat for Ella. I'm sure she'll grow into it! I don't know if you can see it in this picture, but the hat has her name embroidered on it--how cute!


I thought this was a great gift from Carolyn to David




Daisy getting a little love on Christmas





Oooooh...a new backpack!







Will opening his backpack...yes, these pictures are out of order!







Helping Grandma C. with a present




Train stencils from Auntie Carla. We'll have to show Will how to use these! They'll be the perfect activity during the winter months ahead.



Daisy loves my father-in-law!


The night ended with us watching Horton Hears a Who. Will and Kristin fell asleep after the movie started. Aren't they cute?
This year we celebrated Christmas Eve at our house with my in-laws. It was a change in the original plan. They had not had power or water at their home for the week due to the crazy weather. We were thankful that everyone could make it down safe and sound to celebrate with us. I made homemade pesto for the gang per Michael's request. For dessert, Carolyn brought all of the fixings for fondue--yum! It was such a nice evening hanging out and enjoying Christmas together.
























2 comments:

Kristin Rosling said...

YAY for all the pictures!! It really was a very nice Christmas. So fun watching Will!! Glad you found my posted video. He's so CUTE!!! I keep watching it too :)

Gramma said...

It was a great Christmas Eve--Thank you so much for hosting the evening--especially with it being so last minute--we all loved your pesto.
Carolyn