Christmas Eve

As many of you know, my dad passed away this past June so this was our first Christmas without him. We decided to get together at my parents' house (which is now my sister's house) this year. It was all decorated for Christmas, thanks to my sister Amanda, and it really felt nice. My dad hadn't done much decorating since my mom died four years ago and wouldn't really let us do much either so it was great seeing the house all lit up : )


My nephew wanted a talking parrot from Cracker Barrel. Ok, silly yes but we got it for him. Annslee LOVED it. As you can tell from the collage below she wanted it and threw a fit until he agreed to share with her!



There are six kids in my family and here are four with their families : ) We missed our sisters in Florida...maybe next year.



Now that there are a lot of kids in the family again it is so much more fun at gift time! Lots of noise and paper..I love it.



As per our Christmas Eve tradition..here is Annslee opening her Christmas ornament (Barney of course) and her new PJs. Dada also got Mama a pair of new ones : )



When we got home she had on her new PJs, hung her ornament on the tree and put out a treat for Santa. Then off to bed...