Christmas

What a wonderful whirlwind these last few days have been!  We have so many incredible Christmas traditions in our family and we like to spread the celebrations out over as many days as possible!  We are so blessed to live near both of our families and loved celebrating both separately and all together!  Here are some highlights of our Christmas week...
The boys had such a fun time reconnecting with their cousin, Clara, who moved to North Carolina in August...

We had a wonderful time at our annual neighborhood stone chapel Christmas that my mom has been organizing for the community for the last 20ish years.  Always a special part of our holiday...

We ended up celebrating with my side of the family on Saturday...yummy food, hyper cousins, and lots of laughs.  It was a great day!

That evening (Christmas Eve) we went over to our friends' house for our annual gathering.  We love going to the Macs and it's always a special time for me as Lindsay M. and I grew up being best friends and they were like a second family to me!
Camden got to decorate cookies with Lindsay (if you are my facebook friend, you know how highly anticipated this activity was!!!)...

On Christmas morning our boys were up bright and early.  The boys and I waited upstairs while Scott got the fire going and made sure everything was ready and then down we came.  It was a special morning with just the four of us opening presents, playing with the new toys and enjoying our time together.
Our tree...yes, this is taken in the morning...we have early risers in this household!

 Camden was teaching Micah how to open a present...he was so patient with him and kept saying, "I'm gonna find a present for Mikey to open now!"  Love those two!

After a couple hours at home, we headed over to Scott's parents' house just 15 minutes away.  Brian and Sarah came over from Portland, ME and we enjoyed a delicious brunch, opened presents and hung out until heading home for naps...

Christmas night we had both sides of our families over to our house!  It was SO fun to host a special evening and everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves!

My mom and her parents/Caren and Me (I don't like wine, but it was fun to pretend!)/Scott and his Dads  :)

 Camden helped me make cupcakes to celebrate Jesus' birthday!  He was SO excited to sing happy birthday and helped lead the entire family in song!  :)

This morning (Monday) Brian and Sarah came over for a visit and we went on a freezing cold walk.  Camden and Micah both love these guys!

All three boys enjoyed a nice nap before heading out for our last event - a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixings made by my Daddy at a beautiful local home that my grandparents were staying at!  YUMMY!!!!  After we ate and sang a few songs it was time to say goodbye to Caren, Dave and Clara and we headed home for a little down time! 

 These two are going to miss each other!

 Singing some songs - four generations!

Phew, it was an exhausting and wonderful week!  Merry Christmas, everyone!!