Christmas Eve 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve at home this year. It was so nice to not have to go anywhere and just spend time together as a family. Especially since Dan had to work the nights during the Christmas holiday - we had a limited amount of time to see him and were glad for every minute that we had with him!

So here is what we did on Christmas Eve - I'll let the pictures do the talking!

Hangin' out at home

Making Puppy Chow (thanks Karin!)

Tyler doing his usual fun things

Then it was party time with the Bischoffs!

Enjoying our yummy fondue dinner

(don't ask me why Nathan & Tyler decided to get into costume)

And now for opening the gifts...

Oh the excitement!!!

Every year Grandma Carla and Grandpa Richard give the kids new PJ's on Christmas Eve, but this year they went above and beyond with new pillow cases for the kids that Carla made. Each one was personalized with the kids' names by Great Grandma Betty and absolutely amazing! The kids love their new pillow cases so much - thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

(sorry no pic of Tyler's but it's Buzz Lightyear - cute!!)

The adults had fun opening gifts too :)

At some point Tyler decided that being Buzz was a bit hot so he went naked after that - be glad he's got on the diaper! And he quickly commandeered the marshmallow shooter and went to work having Grandpa reload it for him. Fun times! And just so you know exactly how redneck a family we are, not only did Tyler not wear his clothes the rest of the night but he also ate the marshmallows off the floor. That is the ones that he could get to before Hank ate them. :)

And the best gift of all was the handmade puppet show that Carla gave to the kids with the most precious hand puppets. What a thoughtful gift! We are so lucky to have such a talented Grandma!! Natalie put on a puppet show right away with the puppets playing "I spy." Absolutely adorable!!


It was such a fun and memorable evening and we were so happy to be able to spend it with Dan's parents. Dan had to leave for work so it ended a little earlier than usual, which was good for me since I had to get the kids to bed and start getting everything ready for the next day. The kids were the most eager to go to sleep because they knew who was coming that night....

Santa Claus was coming to town!