Christmas Eve

Christmas is our favorite time of the year.  It might have been grey, cloudy, cold and wet outside, but we always enjoy the extra family time we share inside.  On Christmas Eve we enjoyed reading the Christmas story in the scriptures, singing hymns from our family book and, of course, opening up one gift each.

The kids were pretty excited (almost as much as we were!) to be opening a gift before Christmas morning. 

It didn't take them long either!  So once the entire family was clad in our new jammies, we had to gather in front of the Christmas tree and take some pictures.  I love to see my children smile!  You can almost feel the anticipation and glee for Christmas on their faces!

The most special part was being able to snuggle up together - all 5 of them! - and watch a movie before heading to sleep.  Porter was especially thrilled to climb in with the "his girls".  They didn't even make it through the whole show, knowing that Santa wouldn't come when even one person was still awake.