This year our family Christmas Eve theme was Germany! We had German food and even some German Christmas polka music (thanks to Theresa). Our menu consisted of fondue, lentil & split pea soups, cucumber/tomato salad, sauerbraten, brats, spaetzle, potatoes with apple & bacon, sauerkraut, applesauce, German chocolate cake and apple strudel. Yes, it was all delicious and very rich and heavy!!!
Not waiting any more
Ada helped her mom and dad with their gifts
Grandma got Maggie her American Girl accessories
All of Theresa’s gifts were wrapped with a whimsical gnome theme
Charlie got a whole vintage cowboy costume
It’s a good thing Dad was there to help Charlie learn how to shoot his gun! :o)
Maggie and Grandpa look at all of her new fairy furniture…
that goes in the fairy house that Grandpa and Aunt Theresa made for her!
This year Theresa made TONS of phenomenal gifts!
Hat and shoes for Stella
HeMan and Skeletor for Charlie
A skirt for Amy and one for me (but I forgot to take a picture)
felt food for Ada
I love the butter and pancake mix (even though they aren’t felt)!
Ada thought they looked so good that she tried every one of them! LOL
Actually a lot of us made really wonderful gifts! I just wish I had taken pictures of them all… :o(
tea cozy Amy made for Theresa
a crayon bag for Stella
the picnic quilt Amy wanted
The vintage gifts are always some of my favorites!
There were lots of other gifts, too…
And Will of course, got LEGOS!!!
After supper we all settled in to play games, visit or play with our new stuff…
When we were all sufficiently stuffed, we packed everything up and headed to church for our candlelight service. The best gift of all was to have our whole family there to celebrate the Savior’s birth with us!
Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!!! Thank You for the greatest gift of all!
