School is out! No work! All play!! WAHOO! We love break!
Hang tight. I posted LOTS of pics! I just want to remember it all.
Friday night we gave Ellie, Gma U., Aunt Cathy, and Gigi their Cmas gifts. We surprised them with tickets to see the Nutcracker that night at Macomb Community College! Elle has been asking to see The Nutcracker since last Christmas so we thought this would be a fun and special gift for all of them to see it together!
We invited our family to our Church's Christmas Eve service and then over to our house afterwards for dinner and a surprise Holiday performance.
Our row...
Aunt Cathy snapped this shot of my very favorite part of the service. I think it's safe to say it's everyone's favorite when the lights go out, the candles are lit, the music stops, and the candlelight and voices singing fill the room.
Sweet Gigi's hand and Luke. Love.
We had fun afterwards with dinner and these two surprised everyone with a Cmas duet! Luke has earned his black belt in Music class for his recorder skills. I mean, I remember learning Hot Cross Buns but all-in Luke can play Ode to Joy, Amazing Grace on the RECORDER! Anywho, they played Old McDonald together. Then Luke played Amazing Grace and Ellie sang on the mic. All 3 jumped up to sing a Cmas carol that Luke had practiced for his school Choir and Ben and Luke wrapped it up with an Encore.
Everyone loved it! Families make the BEST audience. 💗
We even had a little pregame with opening presents! " This is the biggest present I've ever gotten!" Elle, well all 3 of them, could NOT wait to open it!
Sweet Harlow joined in on the fun...A gymnastics mat from Uncle Tom and Aunt Cathy!
Mom U. surprised Ben and Megan with a copy of the book Twas the Night Before Christmas, the same book that their Dad read to them every Christmas Eve when they were kids. So special...
The kiddos gave their Christmas gifts that they had bought at their school's Secret Santa Shop. Gigi got a rose pen from Ellie!
Drew got his Paw Patrol Lookout Tower!
Christmas Eve day...Making reindeer food and cookies for Santa (and Bob Thomas and Mrs. Claus!).
Before going to bed on Christmas Eve!
Feeding the reindeer...
Leaving Santa his note, cookies, and milk...
Reading the real Christmas story first. Happy birthday, Jesus!
Reading Dad's new Twas the Night Before Christmas...
Christmas morning! Santa came!!
The morning started early for Ben and Luke. They are our early risers and it has become tradition for them to sneak downstairs and play some NBA jam before the rest of us wake up. We spent the morning opening presents and eating cinnamon rolls until 11:30! The morning really lasted and we had so much fun!
Drew asked for a blue whistle from Santa. I mean Christmas as a 4 year old is just the best!
Lukie got Elle this ring from the Secret Santa Shop!
Goldfish swim lessons from Papa and Gma Cooley!
A drone, LOTS of great books, Spiderman and rug from Auntie Nae!
Ben got me a family photo shoot. I was so excited, I had all the emotions.
We ended the morning with our last gifts to the kiddos. We had decided the night before to put together a scavenger hunt to surprise the kids with their gift of going to Harry Potter world! I think I figured out how to post videos again. We had so much fun watching them put together the clues!
We all met up at Gigi's house in the afternoon to celebrate!
Our sweet, beautiful Harlow.
Family time. 💜
Yes, Luke wore his HP cloak to Cmas dinner.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
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