Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas with the girls. On Christmas eve, we went to Carey's parents' house for Christmas with his family. Then, that afternoon, the girls and I went over the hill to a Christmas eve party that my family always goes to. We left from there to go to the Christmas eve service at our church. The girls were STARS at the service. They had had such a long day, plus the service started right at their bedtime. Apple sat on Carey's parents' laps the whole time:) Rayley was a little more busy, coloring on post-its I had in my purse, and running up the aisle to see our friend Mandy. She was also pointing out everyone that she knew that was on the stage. "Laura! Carey! Rob!" Oh, and they both REALLY wanted to blow out all the candles!

Then, Christmas morning we had scones from TJ's (the girls actually weren't big fans) and opened their stockings over the course of a couple hours, because they wanted to stop and play with everything. Rayley got new crayons, so she wanted to stop and color. Appie got a "Wiggles" DVD, so she wanted to watch it. They both got cookie cutters to use with playdough, so we got out the playdough. Then, they got some bath toys, so we stopped to take a bath. The grand finale, though, was bikes:)

(Eric and Stacey, notice who is riding in their baskets!)

The girls went with their grandparents from 10:00-4:00. When they got home, we played a little, fed them dinner, and then had a birthday cake for Jesus. They sang happy birthday with us, and then blew out the candles!

My family came over for dinner that evening. The girls did so good with all the activity and people over the two days of Christmas! They really are wonderful girls:) We love them!