Christmas Eve

Emory and Carter loved each other. It was so cute to see him play with her.
Taking a trip on Santa's sleigh at lunch

WATCH OUT!

Oh Goodness!!! Bryan took a quick picture without CC knowing. Look at how she is sitting:):)

We made reindeer food!

how cute is he!!!

decorating cookies for Santa

could hardly wait for the cookies to finish baking.

the cutest cousins around. they had the best time playing together

Every Christmas Eve, my dad and I would go outside to look for Rudolph's nose. My dad would pick me up (even when I was to big to pick up!!)and we would search the sky for Santa. Every year, I would see Rudolph's nose and have to run inside to go to sleep before Santa came to my house (very smart way to see me to go to bed!!!). Bryan has started the tradition with CC and what do ya know.....she saw his nose too!!!!

Granddaddy (Bryan's dad) always read the book The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve. So the kids snuggled up with Granddaddy to hear it this Christmas.

Emory was asleep during the first reading, but woke up for a little while. So Grandaddy read (okay...more for a picture) it to her!!!

Our Santa cookies, OJ, and a letter from Santa.

This year we spent Christmas in Tennessee with Bryan's family. It was such a fun time with all the kids together. We had the best time.

Christmas Eve was a busy day. The guys took the kids bowling, so Santa could get everything wrapped and ready. We made cookies, reindeer food, read books, and played for hours. Many memories were made and I can't wait for many more with family. It's so much more fun with kids!!! But whew....it's exhausting making sure Santa had everything set up and ready for the morning.