Christmas Eve

We had a very nice Christmas this year, and we think the kids really enjoyed the holiday.  Although there is still a lot of transition and changes for us all, the kids continue to get more settled into our family everyday.  It is hard to believe that during last year's Christmas celebrations, we only had pictures of our three kids. 

 

We started our Christmas Eve time as a family by first going to church.  The kids really like church, and we are so thankful they do.  It has always been our family tradition to go out to dinner at a Chinese food restaurant after Christmas Eve church service.  So, this year, we went to P.F. Chang's for a nice dinner together.  Another family tradition we have always had, since I was a little girl, is to open one present on Christmas Eve.  The present was always a pair of new pajamas for Christmas morning.  So, we continued the tradition with our kids.  They were so surprised that they were going to open a present and loved it.  Now it was time to go to bed and wait for Santa Claus to come!