Christmas Eve

This year Christmas Eve day was crazy! Dave was an angel and helped me clean the house! He did such a great job I think he's hired :) After cleaning, preping for Christmas Day dinner, wrapping a few presents, and making Christmas cookies we got ready to head over to my parent's house for more festivities. Of coarse that's when the snow started to come! It was almost a straight white out! We were a little hestiant to go, but decided to brave it anyway. Boy are we glad we did! We had such a blast at mom and dad's! The food was fantastic, the family was even better! It was fun to have Grandma and Grandpa Jackman there too! It brought back so many memories for me as a kid! Grandpa was armed with his camera and Grandma had her chocolate chip cookies! What could be better??? After dinner we enjoyed a super cute natvitity reproduction. Julie narrated, Carlee and Brian were Mary and Joseph, Chloé was the angel and Dad and Hez were the "sore afraid shepherds". It was such a sweet thing to watch the girls being involved with their extended family. Of coarse after the nativity we had to play some bells! The girls thought this was so great! Chlo was amazing with them and didn't miss a chime! This year mom and dad decided to try something new. We played bingo! Yes, but not just any bingo game, it actually became quite competative and silly. Mom made it so every time you won bingo you got a prize. Now these weren't just any prizes, they were everything from super hero figures (which Dave won and loved) to gift certificates. I think the Home Depot gift certificate and the Target certificate were the favorites. I think everyone had one or the other at least once during the game. SO FUN!! Over all the day was a total success and the snow didn't even really slow us down. :)