Christmas Eve

We began our Christmas Celebrations in Cumming this year at Grammy and Popa's house. We went over on the night before Christmas Eve and exchanged presents with Uncle Josh, Aunt Courtney and Tyson. Tyson always loves getting to play with you girls. We all spent the night there and you girls loved playing with your gifts from Grammy and Popa. Anna Grace, you made light brite designs all evening and, Ailee, you wore your new Snow White dress up outfit all night. Unfortunately, Mommy got in too big of a hurry and left my camera at home. I know, I know...totally unlike Mommy to be without her Nikon and I definitely felt lost. Luckily, Aunt Courtney caught a few snapshots for our album but I cannot figure out how to send them to the blog.

We traveled to Chatsworth later that night for Mimi and Granddaddy's Christmas Eve dinner. It was fun to get together with Danielle and her family, Big Unc and his family, and Uncle Matt, Aunt Beth, Campbell and Cybil. We read the Christmas story all together this year, ate the traditional Christmas dinner, and exchanged gifts. It was loud, hectic, choatic and tons of FUN!

Our Family in front of Mimi's beautiful tree.


All the granddaughters piled up with Mimi and Granddaddy in the Santa shirts Mimi made for you all.

One of your favorite things to do on Christmas Eve is sprinkly reindeer food on Mimi's lawn.

We left cookies and milk for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer too.

All snuggled in the bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in your heads...or is it bicycles and baby dolls? (It seems like only yesterday when Mommy, Uncle Matt Matt, Danielle and David were all snuggled up together in Granny and Pop's attic looking to see Santa's sleigh out of the little window...I love how you sweet little cousins are carrying on the tradition of spending Christmas Eve together upstairs in your Grandparents house and then experiencing the magic of Christmas morning all together! These are memories you will cherish forever. I will never forget the mornings we all went rushing into Gran and Pop's living room to see what Santa left on our chairs while Granny watched from the corner in her brown housecoat. The image of her sitting there with the biggest of grins is so vivid in my mind that I feel like I could just reach out and hug her. "I love you Granny! Your memory is one thing that keeps my heart so warm and my smile so big during this special season...it also adds a few tears to my eyes when I think how far away that corner really is."