Christmas Eve with the Family

 We've hosted Christmas eve at our house the past 2 years and it's been nice.  Selfishly on my part, it's nice not to have to load up the presents and travel.  I enjoy hosting it, really I do.

Thankfully Nanny and Granddaddy were able to make it. Nanny has been having medical issues lately and falling a lot.  She ended up having to have surgery on her shoulder and recovery has been rough.  I love how I captured Nanny and Granddaddy holding hands.  I know he's been a rock for her during the time.

    

Natalie has finally figured out what presents are and she jumped right in to the excitement.

Smiles of pure joy

And as Christmas tradition carries on, Damien and Billy got their Christmas underwear from my mom. 

 Dylan got several masks for Christmas from Paw Paw and Nana so all the kids tried one on. Here we have iron man...

 The incredible hulk...

 and Captain America...

 Santa made an appearance. We had the girls go to the backdoor and knock on it and yell, "here doggie doggie". Then Santa came up on the back porch. The girls screamed so loud. They ran for the lives. We all had a good laugh.

 Even after Trinity discovered it was only Paw Paw, she was still too scared to go to him.

Getting Dylan to pose with Santa wasn't that big of an ordeal like it has been in years past.   However to get Natalie in the picture, my mom had to sneak her in like they were looking at the tree. Yep, this is as good as it gets with Natalie. 

After Santa left, the girls were back to being happy.