Christmas Day 2014

Christmas 2014
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Christmas morning the big girls did a great job waiting for Dani to wake up so they could open presents. Once Dani realized that we were going to get to open all of the presents that have been under the tree for weeks she was so excited. Now on to the photos.

Christmas 2014

This photo cracks me up because of Nadia and Amelie’s faces and Dani being excited in the background.

Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014

After we opened presents and had breakfast Mike ran over to the nursing home to pick up his mom. She had lunch with us and the girls showed off their toys before it was time to take her back.

Christmas 2014

After a nap we went to visit at Paula and Roger’s house and we got to meet my cousin Evan’s new son Remy! He is so cute!!

Christmas 2014

My cousin Evan and his wife Eileen were also visiting and I was so glad to see them.

Christmas 2014

From there we headed over to Grammie’s for a visit before she went for dinner with Roger and Paula and the gang. Whew! We had a busy day, but it was so fun. Nadia said the best thing about this Christmas was seeing Dani be so excited about everything. I thought that was so sweet.

Christmas Eve 2014

Christmas Eve 2014
Christmas Eve service

We went to church for the Christmas Eve service and Dani was amazed by the lights going out and candles being lit while people sang. It was really cute to see and hear her try to sing Silent Night with the rest of the people.

Christmas Eve 2014
After church

Christmas Eve 2014

Christmas Eve 2014

Our family tradition is to let the kids open one present on Christmas Eve and have play time before going to sleep.

Christmas Eve 2014

Santa got high quality cookies this year and we made elf donuts 🙂

Christmas Eve 2014
A new stocking this year!

The big girls had a fun time and were so excited to go to sleep. Dani had no idea what was going to happen, but she was excited because her sisters were so excited. It was all around sweet evening together.

12 Days of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas 2014
12 Days of Christmas

Way back in November we went to the Dallas Arboretum member preview of “The 12 Days of Christmas.” It was beautiful and if you click the photo above you can see all the photos. The displays were wonderful, but it was SO COLD!!! The nice thing about the cold was that the place was fairly empty so we were able to get a good look at everything and it was really fun to be at the Arboretum at night.

12 Days of Christmas 2014
3 French Hens
12 Days of Christmas 2014
9 Ladies Dancing
12 Days of Christmas 2014
10 Pipers Piping
12 Days of Christmas 2014
Dani loved the 10 Pipers

12 Days of Christmas 2014

The Polar Express 2014

Polar Express 2014
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My sister and her friend Brendan joined us for the Polar Express PJ party while they were visiting us. They even bought new PJ’s for the event which I thought was fun! We have never attended a night time party and it was different and really fun. They had a photo op with Santa and Mrs. Claus, science experiments, hot cocoa and a conductor going around handing out Polar Express tickets. Nadia was so excited for her yearly photo with Dynamo the Dino, but Dani wanted no part of that and ran to me instead. She also wanted to watch the movie, but the sound was too loud for her, so I moved into the quiet room with her and she did fine for the rest of the movie.

Polar Express 2014
Polar Express 2014
Polar Express 2014
Polar Express 2014
Polar Express 2014
Polar Express 2014