'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas Eve was pretty quiet around here this year.  It was just us and was a little strange compared to other years, but nice to be able to start some of our own traditions.  We went to the early service at church at 4:00pm and tried to get these kids to pose for some pictures.  This is the best I got...

 Since it was just us and we had kind of forgotten about planning for something for dinner, we promised the kids we could have pancakes!  Red and Green pancakes of course!

Although we aren't in our own house, we made sure Santa knew where to find us and we definitely made sure to leave food out for Clarice {Rudolph's girfriend and Caroline's FAVORITE reindeer!}.  

Daddy and the kids left all of our visitors a note to make sure they liked all of the food and knew that they loved them!

Grandmother made sure to supply us with some of her "special" hay for the reindeer and Caroline sprinkled in M&Ms for them.  {A special tip from Santa!}

 And then it was off to bed!