Christmas Eve

This year for Christmas Eve we got to spend it with my family. We did Nick's mom, Bryan, Andrea, Kinzie, and Emma join us too. It was so much fun! We get together every year and have a "Christmas Program". We have dinner, Children's Nativity and Talent. My mom came up with this idea in '98 and my niece and me stated putting it together. We would work on this months in advance. Mom was pretty sick but, would still help us with our little projects and give suggestions. Mom passed away that year two day before Christmas Eve. Our Program that year was so special. It is now our family tradition every year to have a Christmas Eve Program. For dinner this year we enjoyed yummy Ham, potatoes, salad, rolls and a variety of delicious cakes! After dinner we had a children's Nativity and story. Cooper was the wayward Shepard! He didn't want to stand there... of course. (stinker) Then my favorite part.....the talent. Most of the grand kids had come up with talent to share. All of the girls made up a cute dance. Kaylee and Brooke do such a great job organizing the whole program. We love it! We missed Kar this year at the program. She was in the ER getting hydrated. Poor Kar! We are glad her and the baby are doing good! After the program we headed home and Cooper wrote a letter to Santa and helped Dad set out Snickers and Cream Soda for Santa and Carrots for the Reindeer. (You can tell Cooper got to pick out what to give Santa) We opened up our Christmas jammies and got ready for bed. We had so much fun together as a family sharing talent, yummy food, and remembering our Savior Jesus Christ.