Chrismas '12, Part 2

It is Christmas Eve tradition to take family pictures in front of Mee Maw's tree - all combinations of grandparents/children/grandchildren. The pictures almost always result in a few disaster shots but this year (somehow) the pictures went really smooth. Who would have thought?? Here are most of the pictures:

Excitement was in full force! We had a birthday party for Jesus, and each kid got to blow out candles on the cake. Then the gift opening began. It was wild! ha. Collin got a Master Moves Mickey that provided the majority of the entertainment for the afternoon. After gift opening and socializing, we went to our cousin Virginia's house for dinner. And it was there that a cute little elf appeared to spread more Christmas cheer :)

After this little gathering we hurried home, but we did NOT hurry to bed. Getting B & C down that night was tough! We put out cookies, Magic Milk (courtesy of Sprout), and carrots for the reindeer. We finally convinced them that Santa might skip our house if we were still awake, ha. I can't remember what time we all went to bed, but it was a short night of sleep. Ahh the memories :) Christmas Day coming up next!