Christmas Eve

 We woke to MORE SNOW, PEOPLE!

While we were busy sledding at neighbor Ellen's and Daddy was snow-blowing Jon and Stephanie's driveway, a large limb broke off of a tree down the street and hit one of our neighbors while he was getting his mail!  It was so scary.  Jeff and other neighbors worked to move the limb off of the street, which made us a little late to the Christmas gathering at Drew and Annie's...

This year we decided to celebrate Jeff and Colleen's birthdays at Christmas.  So we did dessert and presents with these two and then moved into the living room to let the wild rumpus begin.

It was such a nice afternoon together!  We all had church at 4pm, so we each went our separate ways for the evening. Whitworth had a Children's Service at that time.

 I love this picture of Jeff with the kids.  Quick eye contact amidst three busy children...I love this guy.  On the way home we got Taste of Thai so that we wouldn't have to cook.  But good food after a long day was Daddy's downfall...

The kids were sad to say goodbye to Phil for the year.  He goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, so the kids held him the best way they could without touching him (and thus stripping him of his magic).