Christmas Eve

The girls woke up knowing there was only one day left until Christmas....the Advent calendar had only one surprise left to be unveiled. Gary and I could not believe that the big day was super close. Gary's mom arrived last night and the girls were already enjoying having her in town. They helped her wrap gifts that she had shipped to the house. The picture shows the lovely wrapping jobs and HUGE tags that accompanied them a la Anna!! I cooked a nice Christmas Eve late lunch/early dinner complete with turkey and dressing. We ate on the nice Christmas china that was Gary's grandmothers. A special treat that we will enjoy for years to come. After lunch we went to the Christmas Eve service at Hope. Not quite as traditional as we had wanted, but still enjoyed the candlelight service at the end and singing Silent Night and Joy to the World. After church the girls came home and baked cookies for Santa and got ready for bed. Anna was very excited but both girls went to bed without any sounds!! Santa left quite a spread for the girls....we hope there will be many smiles in the morning!!

All the presents under the tree...many wrapped by the girls.

The pretty table before Christmas Eve dinner

Anna getting the cookies ready for Santa.

"Settling down" before bedtime

The scene at bedtime....ready for Santa.