Christmas Eve

After some fun in the snow, we headed up to church for the Candlelight service. I look forward to this every year - I love singing all the carols with a packed house full of lots of people that I love and then singing Silent Night with all of our candles lit - it is really beautiful! The girls were both fantastic and stayed through the whole service- which meant I got to too!

Our family with the church Christmas tree

After Church, we headed to my parent's house for dinner and then lots of presents! We did the kids all together first and then the adults got their turn. Meredith would exclaim "Oh, Man!" everytime she got something she was really excited about (which was pretty much with every present) Sometimes we got an "Oh, that's cute!" or "I SO love this!" Jillian of course loved rolling around in paper and bows and would have been content if that was all there was!

Sweet cousins! We are so blessed to get to see Landon as much as we do, I know alot of cousins don't get to be this close. They have so much fun together and they all love each other so much.
Our little family - our first Christmas as a family of four!
And all of together
Meredith getting ready to open all of her loot!
Jillian getting into unwrapping, even if it is just so she can play with the bows and paper.
Finally, she realizes that the stuff inside is just as good as what is on the outside!