Christmas Eve is always a very busy day for us but this year even a little more so. We woke up early to travel to st. George where we spent our morning fighting crowds to finish shopping and then made it to my moms where we cooked and prepared like crazy to get ready for dinner. Once we were done with all of the preparations the rest of the night although still busy went really well. All of my family, except one of my brothers and his family, were at my moms for our traditional Christmas eve dinner. This year we had prime rib, ham, shrimp, and all the amazing side dishes and it was oh so yummy! Then we always have all of the grandkids dress up and act out the nativity scene and this year was by far the least chaotic ever. The girls didn't fight over being mary, they all participated, no one cried and we even got a picture with every one of them before they scattered. It is so fun to watch as a narrator reads from the bible the story of Christs birth and it might just be my favorite Christmas tradition. After we were done with that around seven thirty we jumped in the car to head to cedar to visit with lots of Luke's family who had gotten together for dinner also. We played ping pong and then other fun games, gave Luke's parents their gifts, visited, ate lots of yummies and opened jammies before leaving a little after midnight to drive back to my moms where we stayed for Christmas. When we crawled into bed after three o'clock that morning we were exhausted to say the least but it was all oh so worth it.
This is what mom's house looks like before any party, and the kids always stake out their spots well in advance.
And Beck always messes up 90% of it and licks most of the spoons.
Me and my sweet Beckham
Chalyn and Maicey were the sheep this year and they were stoked!
We could not get Beck to let go of the baby Jesus so he walked around with it for about twenty minutes before we started, giving him kisses, patting him on the back and unwrapping and rewrapping his swaddling clothes. It was so so funny.
Beckham was the star and since he wouldn't let go of the baby he got to deliver him to mary at the right time, and made us all laugh.
The final scene with all of the kids
Watching LeeR and Janielle open their gifts
This year among other things we all gave them a big collage of all of their grandchildren
Yay for footie jammies!
The guys playing their usual Poker game
This is after midnight and all the other kids were crashing but Beck was still happy and going strong. He didn't even fall asleep on our way to St. George, he must have been way too excited for santa to come.
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