Christmas Eve 2011

Saturday was Christmas Eve!

It was such an exciting day!

Andy and I headed up to Harrisville to spend a majority of the day with my family. We had a big dinner planned and then of course our traditional gift exchange!

Our meal included things like this beautiful Honey Baked Ham:

Along with cheesy potatoes, rolls, salad, the ever present bean dip, and some of Andy's scrumptious pies!

After dinner we spent some time just hanging out and chatting with everyone.

Jessi and myself:

Garrett and Kaydee (who we don't get to see very often):

After letting the kids get overly antsy, we decided it was time for the opening of presents!

Here are some of us patiently waiting for the presents to be passed out:

Here we go.......

Allie:

Josh:

Claire:

Garrett:

Andy:

Mickey:

Lara:

Mel:

Kaydee:

Gavin:

Mitchell:

Jessi:

Traci:

Mama Jo:

We had a blast opening presents. Claire was especially excited to open the GIANT present that we brought her. She was very confused when she first opened it, but when she realized it was a big art easel she was pretty happy with it and started drawing away.

I think all the kids were pretty spoiled this year, and Andy and I hit the mark on a few of the presents we gave out. (Love that!)

It is such a great thing to see the people you love smiling wide when they receive a gift.

Of course the kids had to then spend time playing with all their new goods:

After we wrapped things up at my Mom's, Andy and I headed down to the Murray area to visit with the Birds. We spent a good chunk of time chatting it up with them and enjoying some lovely peppermint dessert that Grandma had made.

After that, we headed home to make our own yummy things for the next day, to stuff some stockings, and watch Muppet's Christmas Carol (a new tradition)!

What a great day!