Thurston Christmas Eve Party

A day or 2 before our family party we got around to making the ginger bread houses but the store was out of houses so we got little snoopi dog houses! The girls had a lot of fun.

Our families tradition for Christmas Eve is getting together in the evening, having breakfast for dinner (who wants to slave over a huge Thanksgiving type meal when you can have breakfast) - our family LOVES breakfast foods!  Then we do the skit with the kids for Jesus and then open presents from Oma, Opa, and the cousins.

This year my family was kind enough to do our party one day earlier so it was a Christmas Eve Eve party because I had to work on the 23rd and 24th, but I could get a trade for the 23rd and no luck on that for the 24th.

Opa cooking french toast

Everyone anxiously waiting for something to begin

Koya and Boston playing the "shepards"

 The gourp: Kindra, Lydia, Emma, Camden, Boston, Brooklyn, Scout, Kida, Koya and Savannah

 Kycee was not having the best of nights, she was a little unhappy and not feeling good.  She has had a cough for a couple weeks and I think it is wearing on her.

 Opening presents!

 Uncle Heath, Oma and Opa

 SO excited!  For our ornament and book this year, aunt Tara made one with Grandpa Bruce's picture on it from when he was younger in the military and we each got the blurb history book that Tara put together of Grandpa!