Christmas Eve started out with a delicious breakfast! We have a tradition with our next door neighbors of breakfast together and we enjoyed a tasty breakfast of waffles and bacon. We arrived home to face some necessary chores. I told the kids that Santa was not coming to our house with it looking messy...and in no time it was cleaned and straightened.
Thanks to Great-Grandma, the kids and Dad enjoyed a special treat at noon: out to the movies to see the new movie, "Tangled." They loved it! Meanwhile, Santa's helper (me) stayed home and frantically wrapped and wrapped, and wrapped some more. Several hours later...
we headed out to the cemetery to meet up with family: those we can see and those we think of often.
We lit candles, sang carols, and got cold.
Then we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's warm home.
On this evening we are grateful for family,
for loving cousins,
and for the scriptures which tell us the glad tidings of our Savior's birth.
The kids acted out the Nativity while Grandpa read from the New Testament.
The angel appeared,
and the wise men came bearing gifts. (and facial hair)
We love to hear of that wonderful night!
Grandpa shared a story from his mission in Switzerland. He told us how candles were hung on trees and simultaneously lit for a few minutes of twinkling lights on Christmas eve.
The excitement of Christmas Eve is contagious!
Grandma brought out the chimes and we played a few carols...apparently our youngest didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of us (notice him on the couch in the background).
Grandpa claims to have no musical ability, but he played his chime marvelously!!
It took some concentration and help from parents, but everyone helped make the music.
We ended with "Silent Night."
But it wasn't so silent when the kids got their pajamas to open.
Do you think they were able to go to sleep??? 
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