Christmas Eve at the Capell's

We went to Sheila and Jeff's for Christmas Eve and spent the day and evening there with cousins and Sheila, Jeff, and Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma of course had the sugar cookies all ready for us to frost and decorate...always a favorite tradition for the kids!! :)

Not sure how much frosting actually made it on the cookies by this little girl :)

 

A little cookie with your sprinkles?! Jordan decided to slurp up the "extra" sprinkles. Funny kid.

After a nice day of fun and play and a very yummy tri-tip steak dinner we gathered the kids to act out the Nativity. Madelyn was Mary, Grandpa was Joseph, and Kali wanted to be the donkey, of course.

 



 The Nativity cast.

 

Since we weren't all able to be together on Christmas day we opened presents that evening together. Grandma surprised all the kids with homemade warm fleece blankets with crocheted edges. The kids LOVE them and my kids use those blankets all the time!! Thanks so much Grandma!! Such a fun snuggly gift!!

 

It's not very often that I get a picture with my man...thought it was time for an update :)

We are so grateful for such wonderful family to spend the holidays with and although our hearts were missing sweet Uncle Jeremy a lot this Christmas we made sure to keep his memory alive in our home and with the children. Auntie Sheila had a beautiful "Jeremy" Christmas ornament made for every family and Grandma has been working on another big project of converting old home videos to DVD's for all the families to have. Such an awesome gift and it was so fun watching the videos together and for Mark and his family to reminisce together!