Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a pretty regular day for us. It actually wasn't a very fun day because the kids were pretty miserable and needy. Clay had to work for most of the day and then when he came home, I went out to get a few things, we cooked potatoes for dinner and then headed over to Gumpy & Gummy's house (my grandparents) for our annual Christmas Eve party.

We had a really big crowd this year- a lot of my cousins from out of state were here and there were 10 great-grandkids! We started off with a yummy dinner of lobster tail and kobe beef! So good!


After dinner, Gumpy gave a little presentation about some of the missionaries from Myanmar that they are trying to sponsor through college. Then, Aunt Kim did a lesson for the little kids about warm fuzzies and gave them each a jar and a bag of fuzzies to take home.




Then we continued our tradition of playing the candy bar/money game. I ended up with $5 but we weren't the lucky winners of the $50! It's a fun game and always exciting to see who ends up with the big ones!

Of course, after that, it was present time and it turned into total chaos! The little kids had gone over the previous day and played some games then got to pick out presents for whoever they wanted from "Gummy's store". They each drew names for one gift from each other as well. Addie had fun picking out presents for everyone and was so excited to give them to them.



The family is getting so big now! It was a fun night and really fun to have so many of us together! The kids were exhausted by the time we left to come home!