christmas post

here are a few pictures from christmas eve and christmas day. i think carrie has some better ones so she can pull those out! we went to the 5:00 service on christmas eve and it was quite different then last year!! a year ago he slept through the entire service but this year it was a contest to see how much he could move & make us sweat. afterwards we all came back to our house and had dinner here......a new tradition that might be starting! for years- or for as long as i can remember- we have always gone to uncle steve's house for christmas eve dinner. we decided to change things up and i actually really liked it! it was fun to get the house decorated, set the table and pull out all of those fancy things that you never use on a day to day basis.
the next morning we headed to honey and samdaddy's for breakfast and gifts with the kids. we decided not to do gifts this year for the adults but mom was creative and pulled together a bag of things that were our favorites from growing up. in the last picture below you will see henry climbing the stairs with the superman cape- i think that was jeff''s from when he was little. mom had called brett's mom, carrie's mom and kayla's (jeff's girlfriend) mom to send a few things so it was cool to see everyones treasures and get some good laughs and stories.

my stylin' christmas eve outfit from cousins in san fran

christmas morning at our house: he was actually into tearing into the present....must have been the practice from the birthday festivities!

his new sesame street ride.....another piece of plastic!

brett & stephen being silly with kayla.....yes, we all love each other very much!

my little super hero