Christmas Eve

One of our favorite nights of the year is Christmas Eve.  Every year we spend the whole day getting ready for the exciting night.  This year was no different.  We finished wrapping the last of the presents and made our food for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning/day.   After that we spent the day getting ready, after all it takes awhile to curl the hair of three girls.  I had the girls all ready and at church by 4:30 for the 5:00 service.  After church we headed to Tante Lilli's house for tacos and lasagna.  Both were very yummy, along with some appetizers and snacks.  

This year was really quiet since none of the Billings crew came up for Christmas.  The only kids were John, Haley, Abbie, and Rylee.  This is so different from last year when we had 7 additional members to our family, including Bentley who was a ton of fun about opening presents.

The girls with Tante Lilli before we opened presents.

Kicking it with Dad

Uncle Manfred gave Abbie a gymnastics beam, leotard, and warm-up for her American Girl Doll.

Oma gave both of the girls a game called "Spot It".  It's been a fun family game for all of us to play!

Hugs for Oma

Both of the girls got Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments from Dick and Nancy.  Those will be awesome for a tree of their own someday!

Tante Lilli gave Abbie a rubberband loom.  Something tells me we will all soon have bracelets of many different colors.

Hugs for Tante Lilli...

and Uncle Harry.

Two happy, content, slightly spoiled little girls after present opening.

Girls and Grandma Nate

What a cute picture of Oma and Abbie!

One last picture of the night before we load up to start our traditions for Santa