Christmas Eve

I love that on Christmas Eve we had a picnic out on the front porch and I didn't wear any shoes.  Only in Arizona.

Here we are ready to go to church at St. Francis Xavier.  It was a beautiful mass geared towards families with all the songs that Reese and I had been singing lately.  We arrived early so Reese and I looked at the nativity and decorations.  She was a practically perfect: quiet or singing.  We really need to work at going to church in 2013.

 

After church we went to celebrate Christmas with family at the Heisner's.  Ella planned the exercise regiment for the kids to run around the backyard (which made bedtime so easy, please carry this tradition on next year).  We had great food, good conversation and fun presents for the kids.  We got the Ella and Jackson an indoor snowball fight which went over like gangbusters. 

 

We headed home and put out cookies and milk for Santa. 

It was hard to believe that we were at this moment already.