The Main Event: Christmas!

We were already looking forward to Grandma and Grandpa coming down to spend Christmas with us this year. Then Granddad and Marguerite decided to come down Christmas Eve, so we were extra happy to have a full house!

Christmas Eve cocktails after church. Cheers!

Christmas Eve finery. Minus the shoes.

Taking Santa's milk and cookies (and two giant carrots for all those reindeer) over to the hearth.

The annual reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas. (Also the annual drinking of the eggnog.)

Christmas morning! On Santa's cookie plate we found a few crumbs and one carrot root.

New cowboy boots, no pants, and a giant digger. That is one happy boy.

Avery and her new baby, whom she named Ava.

Mason wouldn't let his digger out of his sight, not even to go to the potty.

Ava quickly became a full-fledged family member. Here she is with her Mommy and her Great-Grandparents.