Christmas Day!

First, Some Memories of Christmas Eve:
- Opening our presents to each other
- Candlelight Christmas Eve service at Grace with Rachel and Patrick playing the piano
- Reading of the Christmas story from Luke
- Daniel and Rachel's dramatic reading of The Night Before Christmas

Daniel and Rachel take over the tradition of reading The Night Before Christmas, with a dramatic flair.

- Putting reindeer food out on the front lawn

Feeding reindeer

Then, the big day:
Christmas Day was a blessing.  Santa had come the night before so we got up (not too early) and everyone went down to the Family Room.   

The obligatory Christmas morning on the steps picture

We open presents one at a time on Christmas morning so that we can enjoy the time together without rushing through it all.  Santa was good this year and we laughed a lot.

 

 After breakfast, we made the trek down to West Point to spend the rest of the day with Lisa's parents,  her brother Tim and family, and Granny.  AND IT WAS SNOWING!!

Yes, we had our white Christmas this year.

Wright and Elliott cousins

Patrick, Daniel and Nicholas

Snow in West Point