Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas everyone! Hard to believe Christmas has now come and gone. Here are some pictures from our Christmas over here across the pond. We had a beautiful white Christmas this year which is such a sweet blessing. We all have so much to be thankful for. Family, friends, health, opportunity, freedom to name a few. But most of all, we have the knowledge that Christmas is not just a day for Santa and gifts and even family. Christmas is the day when a tiny babe was born who would come to change the world.. forever.... Luke 2...

Baking cookies is a tradition for many families at Christmas, so we decided a couple of years ago to make that part of our tradition as well. So, Bryon is in charge of the event and I must say, he was quite on top of it this year. The cookies he made were much yummier than mine last year.

Molly has always enjoyed baking with me, but getting to bake with Bryon took fun to an all new level. I think they "sampled" way more than they will admit to.

Prepping the Reece's Cups.. sooo glad that wasn't my job, definitely would not have had enough for the cookies.

All done! Let's see how we did!

The culmination of our baking.. Daddy and Molly, three types of cookies.. Mommy, fruited coffee cake and cinnamon raisin bread. Our favorite by far were the sugar cookies from Great Gram Mushrush's recipe, so tasty and heartwarming being so far from home.


Baking is done, baths are over, Christmas pjs are on and we are attempting to take a picture with the stockings Great Gram made us.. Only Daniel is way too tired and Molly's natural smile is long gone, so this is what we got :)

Story time. We read "The Night Before Christmas" and the children's book we have about the Christmas story. Then we sang a couple of songs.

Cookies and milk for Santa and an apple for Rudolph.

Time for bed. Molly decided Daniel needed a shoulder massage to help him settle down..

Night night chillins! Stay tuned for Christmas day post.