Christmas Eve

We had a great Christmas Eve this year filled with lots of family.



Keeping in tradition, we spent Christmas Eve at Grandma Jeri's for Adams birthday. We ate our traditional meal of spaghetti and meatballs. YUMMY!!! After dinner it's the magical musical number....dinging the bells. It is soooo pretty. ;)



This is my little nephew Kash. He got this cute rocking dog and for some reason he couldn't stop sucking on the little bell on the top of the dogs hat. It was so funny to watch.



Here is my Dad holding my nephew Stryker. Jordan is in the background laughing cuz my dad didn't know I was taking his picture until it happened.




So for Christmas, my grandma gave Mady a purse. Well aunt Pam thought it would be a good idea for Mady to remind Grandpa that a purse isn't complete without money. With that idea Mady decided to solicit everyone in the room for money. Dollar after dollar she kept going around the room. Once she hit Megan & Trevor they whipped out what every girl loves most....PLASTIC!!!! I have a feeling this picture is a sign of things to come. ;) I want to thank my family for being such great sports about it! You guys are awesome. NOTE FOR NEXT YEAR: no purses for Mady! ;)




After Grandma Jeri's it was time to head over to Grandma Faye's house. One of Matt's family traditions is getting together Christmas Eve for fondue. We were happy that Chuck, Shawna and the kids could be here this year! We had fun with Alaina, Matt and little Damon.




One of the things Alaina is famous for is her "gangster face". This is something that the family has picked up on and now we have to have lots of pictures of gangster faces.



Here is Andrea giving us her gangster face!



Here's Richards gangster face......WEAK!!! ;)



The kids were spoiled rotten this year. Here is Makayla with her earrings from Grandma.



Jordan is super stoked about his Game Stop gift card!



Grandma Faye scored the PERFECT present! Giraffe earrings for Mady. She LOVES them!!!



I just had to throw in this adorable picture of Evan in the box that Mady's basketball came in. He thought he was pretty funny with it around his neck. How cute is he???



Brayden got a Game Stop gift card too! They are so excited to spend these! Thanks Grandma!



We all had a great Christmas Eve. I am so grateful for family and feel so blessed to be surrounded by them all. Merry Christmas.