Frank Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as a family. Skyla & Brody are both at fun ages to "get" the whole Jesus' birthday thing, but also to love opening presents and all the wonder of the whole day. Christmas Eve we went to church for a beautiful service, then came home and had Kevin's parents and brother over for dinner. The kids each got to open one present before bed, and then Mommy & Daddy had "our" Christmas Eve together, so that Christmas Day can be all about the kids. Christmas Eve is definitely one of the highlights of Christmas for me. Christmas Day started bright & early at 7:00 and we had so much fun just the four of us opening all the stocking stuffers and gifts. Mid-morning we were joined by Kevin's parents and brother again for a yummy brunch, then round two of gifts. Wow - busy day and Momma was exhausted by the end of the day, but it was really fun! Now we look forward to round three of Christmas at Grammy's house next week for New Years... :-)

All dressed up for Christmas Eve service

Waiting on the stairs for Daddy to turn on the Christmas tree and pour coffee for Mommy & Daddy!

The "big gifts" - Spider Man bike for Brody and Princess bike for Skyla - with matching helmets! Sky just looked at her bike and said "For me?"


"The" gift of the year for Skyla - her Belle princess dress. She had to wait till after breakfast to put it on, then wore it ALL day.

Focused on the gift opening. Brody got the unwrapping down to an art.

Quick family photo after all the gifts were done.

Round two begins - Belle is in costume, and we're joined by Gramma, Grampa, Chesty and Chesty's dog Byron.

Daddy helping Brody put together his power tool set. Daddy did his share of assembly on Christmas!

Taking a much-needed nap during a break in assembly.

Blowing out Jesus' birthday candles for Him. Seeing Brody and Skyla sing "Happy Birthday dear Jesus" so sincerely was definitely one of the highlights of my day.