Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve

We always look forward to our Christmas Eve party with the Riches family. It has changed and evolved over the years as the majority of the grandchildren have grown. But we still love getting together especially with our awesome Papa!


Jenna made a bear and named her Skipper for Liv. Liv gave Audra a tub time baby. The older grand kids do a white elephant exchange and this year Jeff ended up with Joshua's gift. The two legged lamp. Will gave it a thumbs down but Jeff knew it would be a hit with his room mates. It really works to is the amazing thing. When it was unwrapped for the first time the room exploded with laughter. Good idea Josh!

Will, Abigail, Olivia, Mason.
Grammy made everyone their Christmas P.J.'s. So cute.

Grandad always reads The night before Christmas to the grand kids before they go to sleep on Christmas eve. I love that tradition.

We sleep at my parents every Christmas eve. Brian was hoping that because they only live a few streets away now that we'd sleep at home but the kids and I nixed that idea. We sleep in the same bed and anxiously await Santa's arrival. So far every year we have been lucky enough to hear Santa's bells on the roof. This year we even heard Santa ho, ho, ho, and say Prancer get back in line. They were so excited, Olivia's little body was shaking with excitement!!






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