On Christmas Eve day we relaxed at home and finished last minute gift details until it was time to leave for church. Apparently, there were many other families who thought the 2:00 service would be good timing in order to get home for dinner because it was a packed sanctuary! We met the Grandmas Dar and Violet and took pictures of the girls in their dresses again. Before we left the parking lot, we quickly found a geocache which just happened to be nearby, so Tony could log a cache on the 24th (having never found one on Christmas Eve before). Once at home we gave the girls their new Christmas Eve pajamas so they could get comfy and we got ready for our Christmas Eve fondue. We had a beef fondue and a cheese fondue and it was a festive, fun and yummy dinner for all of us! After that was the gift opening and the kids could hardly wait. Half the fun is watching them itch to open and making them wait until after we do the dishes, pour our wine, let the dogs out, etc. etc.
Merry Christmas Eve Service.
Cutie pies!
A Taye in the manger...
Finding a geocache literally out the back door of the church. Talk about convenient...
Raina and Fantaye sharing a toast in their new jammies.
Mom and Dad cooking together. Not a sight you see very often.
Fondue!!! It's all about the sauces!
Fantaye and Doots (Short for Scooby- 14 years old).
The doggies and their annual Christmas Eve chewies...
Raina reading the story of the birth of Christ out of her bible.
Ethiopian skirts!
Fantaye and her new Ethiopian doll, Rahel.
Looking at Fantaye's gift to me- a recipe book made at school.
Raina with her BIG present- a new guitar!!!
Fantaye and her BIG present- a snowboard. Fantaye is devastated that there is no snow....
Me and Sanny (short for Roxanne- 11 years old).
Daddy being silly with Fantaye's new hat.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
Julie
1 comments:
Just blog stalkers here...just had to say there was great excitement seeing your girls and Christmas adventures. My son just got a geomate so we will soon be geocaching. Terefech got one of the Ethiopian skirts as well! Plus she has Rahel! She was very excited to see Fantaye with those things as well! Thanks for sharing!
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