Christmas EVE......

AHHHHHHH.......Christmas EVE......I love this day! We have a couple of fun traditions we do in our home after all the parties and festivities are over for the day.....My kids FAVORITE one is something we started about 10 years ago....Randy reads them "Twas The Night Before Christmas" Before they go to bed.....Even Baby Ellie got to hear the story. They all look so cute in their Christmas Jammies listening to Daddy tell the story....By the way, he's gotten REALLY good at telling the story over the years!


The kids get to each open up their new jammies on christmas Eve......It's fun to have new festive jammies to wear and EVERYONE looks so cute on Christmas Morning for pictures. This year due to having a baby, I only had time to find Pants, so we had to do without cute shirts!

Megan

I think Taylor was the most excited about hers, she LOVED them!

Travis.....

Even Randy surprised me with a pair of pants....they are so WARM though it's like wearing a fleece blanket around your legs!

I think she loved hers!

Reading the story...Megan didn't want to hear the story for some odd reason so that's why she isn't in the picture...

Sweet Little Baby Ellie.....9 days old!....The Best Christmas Present of ALL!

Weight Family Christmas Eve Program and Party......

We get together with my family and spend Christmas Eve Together. We have a yummy Mexican Dinner followed by the nativity, talent show and then we exchange our brother and sister gifts and the grandkids exchange gifts. This picture above is Mary(Megan) Joseph (Brigham) and Baby Jesus (random doll)

The Three Wiseman....Travis, McKay and Tyson...I LOVE the serious faces

The WHOLE nativity.....Reagan, Anney, Bethany, Megan, Taylor, Brigham, Travis, McKay and Tyson

Some of the audience during the Talent Show....

reagan and Travis playing Jingle Bells as a duet.

Anney singing I Am A Child Of God.....She is so silly!

Olivia, Megan, and Anney singing a song together

Anney got a baby doll from cousin Rayder

Megan got this fun drawing set from Whitney

Walker got Taylor some jewelry and hair things

Laynie got travis some video games and a Harry Potter book

We love our family and so grateful for the time we get to spend with each other especially during the holidays. We are grateful for this time of year and for the birth of Jesus Christ.

Ferrin Family Christmas Party

This is our sweet Anney singing "I Am A Child Of God" at Randy's family Christmas Party. My kids love this party and have so much fun....it is such a fun time for all ages!

We have a gift Exchange/White Elephant and this is the gift Anney opened up.....She puts it right on back and not ONE person has the courage to take it from her.....Anney LOVED her backpack!

Ohe of the gifts were marshmallow guns and all these little girls cared about were the bags of marshmallows......I think Anney stole Daddy's present here!

Meredith, Randy, Anney and Baby Ellie who is only 5 days old..

Megan, Kaybree, Sean, Taylor, Hannah, Emmee and Grandpa Ferrin (who just had back surgery 10 days ago) sitting on the couch watching the talent show.

We always act out the 12 days of Christmas.....Megan and Sean were 4 Calling birds

Randy was 12 drummers drumming

Taylor and Hannah were A Partridge In A Pear Tree

travis played a violin solo for the talent show.

I know this picture is out of order but this is what Travis opened up for his gift...we tell him year after year....don't open something....he does it EVERY YEAR and ends up always with something he doesn't want. He tried real hard to be a good sport.