Christmas Eve 2015

Christmas Eve this year was a pretty fun day. We had snow! The kids played out in the snow for a good chunk of the afternoon. We delivered Christmas treats to some of our neighbors. Then we got ready for our Christmas Eve service. Our service was at 5:30 so we got dinner in the oven and then headed over.
The service went really well. It's always such a fun service, with all the twinkly lights and candles and familiar Christmas hymns. Awesomeness!

After the service, we closed up shop and headed home for dinner. This year we had beef stew, mashed potatoes, and rice pudding. Mmm.

An inadvertently blurry picture of our Christmas tree.  I don't know why but I like it.

The obligatory family picture in front of the tree.

Reading the Christmas story.

Gift from church friends.

This year we had the kids exchange gifts with each other. Addilyn and Albert exchanged and then Elias and Asher exchanged.

Ooo, a dinosaur!

Daddy, this box won't let go of my dinosaur!

Rip!

Asher looks excited about Albert's next gift.

He ripped it open in a flash!

Elias got Asher a Captain America figure. Mom & Dad didn't want Captain America to be lonely so we made sure Elias got some appropriate companions.

She seems a little perplexed at first. "What is it?!"

Asher made Daddy a gift at school.

After we opened gifts, Daddy and Albert worked on his new Buddy (from Dinosaur Train) puzzle.

Addilyn quickly got the hang of her new Snap Circuits. It was certainly entertaining to watch her progress through the experiment booklet.

Asher got Elias some Legos and a Dusty (from Disney Planes) figure. Elias had to put the Lego together immediately.

Mom & Dad got Asher a Lego watch. Asher then learned to read a clock in about two minutes. Well done!!

After completing one experiment, her circuit played a song. This is her super-silly dancing face.

Hey look, Dinosaur Train!!