Christmas Eve 2011

I love Christmas Eve. It's probably my favorite part of Christmas! It was so great that this year it was on Saturday. We spend the morning making and delivering neighbor gifts. I was going to skip it this year but I had a neighbor stop by and ask if she could put in an order:) ANYWAY once we were done with that we started getting ready for our fondue dinner and program! I found enough stuff that I was able to make Matt a totally vegan cheese fondue! It looked a little different, but he said it was yummy and he was so happy that he didn't need to miss out on one more thing. It made me so happy! So, dinner was wonderful and everyone was so happy!





After dinner we all opened out jammies! Some how this year I found pj's for the boys that ALL MATCHED! That's hard to do when they ranged from a 4t to a 16! They all looked so cute!





Then we started into our program! The kids all sang/played Christmas songs and then I read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and "Llama Llama Holiday Drama" and Mike read us the Christmas Story out of the Bible. It was another great program!











After the program we watched Muppets Take Manhattan and then the boys all camped out in the family room down stairs......well, they tried to sleep. Tyler ended up in Lucas' bed and Matt ended up in his:) Eventually they went to sleep so that Santa could come!!!

Am I Muppet? Or Am I A Man??

LOL. Tonight we had the Wittke/Horrocks family party, and we started out by going to see The Mupet Movie. I LOVED IT! It was so good! It was able to keep the same old feel from the Muppet movies and the Muppet Show. I laughed SO hard! Great idea Mom and Don! After the movie we went back to their house for dinner, a Nativity reenactment and presents for the kids. It was great. The kids were so cute as they acted it all out! Then we all shared our favorite scripture about the Savior. Then the kids all got to open a present. Mom had made fleece blankets for each kid and had a pillow for each one too:) They were SO excited to get BYU blankets! Thanks to Mom and Don for such a great time!

Fiesta!

We were invited back up to Logan for the Christmas party for the center that Tyler's Eagle project went to. We were excited and a little nervous :) I don't speak Spanish. I SO wish that I did. Mike can stutter through a bit (but of course when he mixes it with Czech it's not so helpful) BUT we did just fine! The food was yummy, the people were SO nice, and the atmosphere was awesome. We got to watch as EACH family visited with Santa and received Christmas for their whole family! They the tables were cleared and the DANCING STARTED!!! It was a GREAT party! The whole night was an almost overwhelming experience actually. So many people who work SO HARD to provide a better life for their children. People who would give everything for their children. AND Angels who spend their lives running a program that will help and support these people. I was inspired and felt such a strong desire to help. Next year I hope to be able to help again. Felice Natividad!