Christmas Eve

Bret and I making ornaments Darci dancing with Quinn

Christopher and Xander putting their homemade ornaments on the tree.

Brady, Christopher, and Xander being goofy.

We spent Christmas eve with Bret's family. His parents live in a condo community that has a really nice clubhouse. They had reserved the clubhouse for our festivities this year. When we gathered my sister-in-law, Audra, had so many fun arts and crafts prepared for the kids. She is always on the ball with this kind of stuff and I truly envy and admire her talent in that area. There was also a great spread of food that Darci ate and ate and ate. Bret's brother, Casey, is in from Milwaukee and after a little time the kids warmed up to him again. There was a large hot tub that some of the boys enjoyed. They also decided to be crazy and almost all of them laid in the snow in their bathing suits. It was nice to catch up with everyone and enjoy music, food, and crafts. We had pizza for dinner and then opened gifts. Everyone was truly generous and the kids had a blast. My only regret is that we didn't do the traditional reading of the Christmas story from the bible and then having the kids act it out.