Christmas Eve 2008

I apologize to all family and friends for our Christmas Eve post. We were so busy having a great time that we didn't get too many pictures! We actually have a very fun Christmas Eve tradition that Mike and I love. We are lucky enough to host Mike's extended family for a dinner where the guests of honor are Evan and Ernie Cowley, Mike's grandpa and his wife. We all eat dinner then the little kids get to open a gift from their great grandpa. It is so much fun. This year we had quite a few at their in-laws so our numbers were a little low. I think we ended up with around 33. The kids had a great time and it was nice to see those family members that live other places that we don't get to see very often.
After the extended family goes home to get ready for Santa we open gifts from Grandma and siblings. Grandma always gets the kids an ornament and we all get Pajamas! So much fun. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if Trent and Susan and the boys were actually here and not just skyped in! We missed them so much this year!