This was a very stress-free Christmas Eve. I finished most of my projects the week before and postponed my unfinished ones for the week after. The day was spent playing games with my kids, delivering neighborhood gifts, acting out the nativity scene, and eating Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner. It was wonderful.
The Nativity Cast (Some had to play two parts...we need more kids.)
Dave always has to add flare to things...in case you were wondering, he's King Herod. :)
The kids each opened a gift that night. Yep, jammies....surprise, surprise.
Dave and I stayed up until late watching "It's a Wonderful Life" and wrapping last minute gifts. (Okay, so he fell asleep early into the movie and I stayed up until 5 am wrapping gifts...that's a little more accurate.) I love Christmas Eve and the anticipation of the following morning!
Derek!
Derek started piano lessons this month. I haven't had too much experience with piano. I'm afraid my one semester of piano at BYU will not be enough to help him, but so far so good. He's very excited and seems to be understanding it so far. He's even started "composing" his own songs. 
I couldn't resist Snuggies for half price. My kids went crazy over this gift.
After opening presents, we ate our traditional breakfast of cinnamon rolls, bacon, scrambled eggs, and egg nog. Yum! Later we drove to my parents' house and continued the celebration...watch for a details in another post. 
