"Who hears these words of mine & puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, & the winds blew & beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine & does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, & the winds blew & beat against that house, & it fell with a great crash."

Matthew 7:24-27

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is kind of low key for us as Erik usually goes to work for a bit in the morning to make sure everything is ready to go for the evening.  The kids and I hung around home in the morning, and loved the wonderful surprise Mother Nature brought to us, SNOW!!  I'm one that loves a white Christmas, and it was so fun to see the snow coming down during the day on Christmas Eve.  Erik came home for lunch and we then got a few things organized for the evening before the kids took naps in the afternoon.  Erik then headed back to work and I got ready to head to church.  As soon as the kids got up from their naps, I got them dressed and we loaded up to head to Christmas Eve service at church.  After church, we headed to my parent's house for dinner.  Erik was able to join us for dinner and then around 8:00 Erik's parents, my cousin's family, and my aunt and uncle came over for our annual Christmas Eve homemade pie.  As soon as we were done with pie, Erik headed back to church and I loaded up everyone to come home and get in bed for the night. :)  It is so fun to enjoy all the fun Christmas Eve traditions!

Grace checking out the snow

So pretty!

So quiet :)

Before church photo attempt

After church photo shoot

Another try….

Our family

With Ashley's family

Ben with his nieces and nephew

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids

Ben and Kyler being silly

This is what happens when your husband does the Elf on the Shelf :)

Stockings :)

Tree :)


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