Christmas Party Part 2

Christmas Eve my family got together again to continue our Christmas celebration.

The highlight to start the day was that Rob and Mary ended up driving to Chicago the night before to try to fly out to Washington D.C. on an earlier flight due to the weather in both GR and Chicago. They made it safely to Chicago and then were put on stand by for several flights prior to their flight and they were able to get to D.C. ahead of schedule! They beat the weather! And... their original flight out of Grand Rapids WAS cancelled! So they made the right choice! Our afternoon started with Uncle Brent pulling the kids around behind the 3-wheeler. It wasn't the greatest day because it was kind of rainy and drizzly... but that didn't stop the kids!
Levi didn't want to ride in the sled but enjoyed sitting in a snow bank and watching them!

After sledding we had Christmas dinner. Then we headed to church for the Christmas Eve service.

After we came home from church the kids had a birthday party for Jesus. They each had a candle and as it was lit they had to tell something special about Jesus and then put their candle in the cake.

The best part for them was blowing out the candles...
Unless of course you feel like you didn't get to blow any candles out... Grandma relit the candles three times before everyone felt that they had blown out the candles!

After the party it was time for presents from the cousins. Each cousin draws a name of another cousin. Here as you can tell all of the cousins also like to help each other open their present!
Justin thanking Caleb for his LEGO airplane!

Levi thanking Tessa for the Playmobil Bobcat!

Alaina thanking Levi for the Strawberry Shortcake doll!

Grandma received a present too... or maybe the grandkids did! The Hallmark singing snowmen! She has one from a couple of years ago and the kids love it! So now they have two to fight over!

Just hanging out... Andy showing pictures of his recent trip to Alaska Moose Hunt Guiding. He just arrived home on Monday night.

All in all a great Christmas Eve spent with family.