*Spending all day at Mom's Christmas Eve; hanging out with the family, being entertained by all the kids, playing games, opening gifts, eating & Skyping with the Odens.
*Rachael, opening gift from Grandma, screaming: "Flannelgraph! Flannelgraph!"
*Holding David for hours.
*Matt's rueful smile as he opened a gift from "Santa" at Grandma's: a package of large brown paper lunch bags.
*Bea singing for Aunt Amy & Uncle Patrick.
*Mar-goat chewing on the plastic baby Jesus/manger, Chris' iPhone (hanging up on A&P in the process!), and a video camera & eating wrapping paper.
*Spying a flock of Angry Birds flying through Grandma's house.
*Geoff's Neverending Gift prank
*Ending Christmas Eve with a beautiful & reverent candlelight service at Hope Fellowship.
*Grant, as the other kids are about to tear into their stockings this morning: "We should pray first."
*The kids gathering around the Christmas Countdown Calendar to put Jesus' star up & sing "Happy Birthday" to Him.
*Rachael's gift of "coal" to Grant from the "Coal Elf Brigade." (She wrapped a chocolate orange in black paper.)
*Chris, about Red Box: "Well, it must be really easy if Mom (Diana) knows how to do it."
Some favorite photos below...
Thanks for this - now I feel even more "there" than Skype :-).
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