There's Treasure Everywhere
We went to Tenth Presbyterian's Christmas Eve service as always. We love the candlelight part. As extra entertainment, Hannah happened to notice a mom's hair catch on fire while she was trying to keep her daughter's hair out of the fire. Good news, apparently she was able to extinguish her hair quickly. After the service, we went back to Timmy and Sarah's for their annual Christmas Eve party.
On Christmas morning, Jane was the first kid up. Thankfully she was happy to hang out upstairs for a while to let the other kids sleep in a little more. My girls woke up next and kept her company.
Finally the boys started stirring. Timmy and Andy hung two sheets so the girls came from upstairs, and the boys came from Hank's room in the back.
They were all excited to see the mountain of presents, of course.
Present opening is always a little chaotic and goes by so quickly. I love it, but I also love the quiet after the storm when everyone is happily enjoying their new gifts.
Believe it or not, Ellie was most excited about the Nutella she got! It was literally her favorite present.
She really was pumped about all of her presents.
Here she is living her best life!
That night we all (Lanzones, Sarah's mom, and the Hammonds) met up for dinner at an Italian restaurant in town.
It was our first time at this restaurant, and it was so good!
Andy couldn't quite get everyone in the picture, but here's most of us.
And there's the other side of the table.
After dinner, Kelsey, Trent, Papa J, and Uncle John came back with us to Timmy and Sarah's house.
Papa J and John went home after a few cigars, but Kelsey and Trent stayed over until after midnight.
We had so much fun talking and playing games. It was another highlight for me!
2 comments:
The hair catching on fire is fantastic. Did you get to see Jenn and Mark?
No, Mark's church has their own Christmas Eve service now, so we don't run into them at church anymore. I did see Scott and Jen Sweeney, but I didn't get a chance to say hi.
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