Memories that will last a lifetime!!!

Christmas Eve dinner with friends.  What a blessing it is to be able to enjoy the Holiday with those we love. Especially when family is so far away.  We had the Bishops, Landrumns, and the missionaries over and had a fun evening.  Our Turkey was taking a very long time cooking and so we visited, played a game and waited for Mr. Turkey and Mr. Wilson to say it was time to eat.  After it was all over with I realized I left the jello salad in the fridge.  It is one of my favorites and the kids love it.  oops I guess that it will have to be for tomorrow with all the left overs.

We love this family.  I love that Sherry can lecture Shan on not sweating the small stuff with the kids.  She teases him that he needs to relax more and let them be little.  She is so fun and her kids are pretty cool too:)

Daddy got the kids serving the missionaries as part of our Christmas gift to them. The kids got to shine their shoes. They enjoyed this.  Afterwards we read the Christmas story, daddy kept Papas tradition alive by doing the Santa Bag and pulling out little funny gifts that fit the kids personalities.  Morgan got a magnifying glass as she is always looking for something that usually is right under her nose. Syd got a calculator so she can start adding and subtracting all the money she continues to add up so she can save her allowance and buy an ipod touch. Sofie got gum so that she will stop dumping mommies looking for gum, Bryn got gummy worms because she likes to sneak around and get in others business and then lie and act like she didn't do anything. Preston got ear warmers to keep on his magic ears that he can wiggle, and mommy got some sleep aid to help get some rest.  The kids were so HAPPY to go to bed as they anticipate Christmas morning.  Sofie is not liking that Santa is coming.  She repeats quite often that she doesn't like Santa.  She is asking about him all night and says he is scary!  Oh how I love this time of year as we create memories that will last a lifetime!