The Night Before Christmas...

 Christmas Eve and on our way to the Living Nativity at church. Our annual tradition of seeing the birth of Jesus complete with Shepards greeting us with animals outside. It is the kids favorite part of the holiday season. Many of their friends from church are part of the story and every year I whisper "Do you want to be an angel or Shepard next year?" and they all say maybe. Yet every year when it's time to sign up they change their mind.  I think part of it is they like to go and sit together as a family. The service ends with Silent Night and candles. Erin thinks she is pretty special walking back to her seat with a live flame in her hand!
We head home and have dinner of all types of fondue. That's a tradition that my family has done as long as I can remember and Bill and I adopted it for our family. Then its time for A Night Before Christmas and The Littlest Angel (Bill's favorite) then off to bed.
And what tired ones they were! Everyone including Kyle and Ethan were sound asleep my midnight. Unbelievable!! That has not happened in I don't know how long but we were very happy parents!
More pictures of Christmas morning to follow....

Thank you Bill for such a wonderful Christmas. It has been such a special holiday season and I am so grateful to have you as my husband.