After stuffing ourselves with a feast at Julie's house, we headed over to my parent's house. Most of my mom's siblings, their kids, and now their kids get together every year on Christmas Eve. Now that the grandkids are having kids, it has become quite a large gathering. But I love it and look forward to it! It is usually the only time I see some of my cousins.
Some of the kids participated in a nativity reenactment. Kristen was one of the angels.
This is the kids watching out the window for Santa. I remember doing this very same thing with my cousins when I was a little girl, and so I love watching the kids and the excitement they have!
Santa always drops off a sack of toys. Here Kristen is showing off her toy. This is the evening that she declared "I've been nice!" She was so relieved!
Nathan got a football. Lately, Nathan has been all about football, so this was a very appropriate gift for him! Notice the nice polo shirt. We insisted on it that day and I think he looks so handsome. Too bad, I can't always get him to dress nice!
Okay, this is getting me frustrated. Imagine Grant's picture from the top right here because for some reason, I can't get it here. Grant was also excited about a Bionicle set that Santa brought him! He was kind of my mellow guy that evening!Kristen and her cousin Samantha(or should I say 3rd? cousin) They are only a couple of months apart and get along well. Too bad we only see her a couple of times each year!
My cousin Britaney and I. She is also a nurse and a couple of years ago, I pinned her as an RN. Oddly enough, the evening I pinned her, we were both wearing the same dress. We didn't realize it until we were both on the stage in front of hundreds of people! We still laugh about it and had to take a picture showing that we can be creative enough to have different outfits!
After a nice visit with everyone, we headed home, and to bed so that
Santa could come to our house!
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