Christmas Eve morning started out with caramel rolls and a puzzle.  Perfect way to start our at home Christmas!  I love the Story of Christmas puzzle.  On the outer edge it has the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke. Keeps our focus on the meaning of Christmas.

We had our turkey dinner around lunch time at Don & Ferol’s with Brad, Megan and Owen.  Great day to spend with family!  Even if i toasted the green bean casserole a tad…Oops!

We headed to the family Christmas Eve service at Crossroads.  What a blessing it was to be together as a family.  Esther read in  Luke and Greg preached!  They both did an amazing job.  My heart is full watching them serve the Lord in this manner.

Our house feels so magical this time of year.  We love the giant tree, all the presents, but most all the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

We all enjoyed a day together playing, eating, and playing some more!  We are all very excited about our new foosball table.  I’m sure many hours will be spent here.  We definitely had a gamed themed Christmas.  Esther got a laser chess game, watch out she’s good.  Greg got family Bingo!  Our kids have never experienced Bingo before.  We will fix that soon :).   Each of the kids got a brainteaser game in their stockings.  Ker-plunk, yard Jenga, and Dog house were also family gifts!  We have enjoyed them all! And I also got a dart board with an amazing case made by Greg.  (See the ‘I’ in the above picture=dart board!)  I’m excited to get that set up!

We also enjoyed a ham dinner with scalloped potatoes, pineapple stuffing, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and salad.  Yum!  Loved hosting Christmas dinner with our family!

We enjoyed our at home Christmas this year.  It was such a wonderful time to remember the birth of Jesus our Savior!  Merry Christmas from the Ireland’s