Christmas Eve

Our Christmas was filled with blessings!

Mom, Dad, and Melissa arrived safely from their travels -- Mom and Dad drove all the way from Minnesota. They left on Tuesday evening, a day earlier than planned, in order to beat the winter storm heading through the midwest. Melissa drove from southern California ~ she moved to Boise! (More exciting details on her transition to Idaho will be posted soon). Joey arrived Christmas Eve also, from only a few miles away.

We enjoyed a spaghetti dinner on Christmas Eve.

Then the boys had baths and got ready for bed.

Before bedtime stories, prayers, and tooth brushing, Gary showed the boys Santa's progress on the computer -- Santa Tracker.

After the boys were tucked in, the rest of us wrapped some gifts and visited.

Grammy & Papa brought these beautiful Amish chairs for the boys.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care....

A few of us stayed up and played some Wii baseball and golf.

Then we all cuddled in for a long winter's nap.....