Christmas Eve was held at our house where I had made two large hams along with the fixings for roughly 12 family members, mainly the Howard side of the family along with my Mom. I am not going to lie, I was exhausted the entire evening but it was so worth it! Although I was beyond tired that night, I could not sleep as my mind was racing in anticipation of Christmas morning. I was so excited for the kids that I felt like one myself. I finally passed out and woke up to the alarm clock and an empty bed. I saw that Rylan was still sleeping but heard noises downstairs. I hurried to find Ryan staring at the TV with glossy eyes. Apparently Arianna had him up at 3:40 am and would not go back to sleep so he just brought her downstairs so she could play. He had spend most of the time trying to restrain her from opening all the presents. God bless him for being a trooper.
Rylan and my Mom finally woke up just as Dallie arrived to see the kids open their gifts that were stacked from one end of the room to the other. About 85 percent of the goods were from the grandparents - imagine that! The kids were so excited and I think they were a bit overwhelmed not knowing what to open next. Amazingly my angels roughed it and got through the present opening process, only to move on to getting fed and dressed so we could go to Ryan's parents house for more festivities.
Christmas Eve
And then there was Christmas Morning
My Sister and Family
Then off to Dallie and Papa's House!
Then Cousin Lowell and Family arrived the next Day
Back to Our House
