In addition to playing in the snow, we upheld our usual Christmas Eve traditions: baking Santa's cookies! The kids are always so excited to make "sprinkle cookies" so that was a treat for them. And I got to open an early present--new Christmas cookie cutters that Reid picked out.
Then while Jeremy shoveled the driveway in preparation of us going to Christmas Eve mass, the kids and I put on our Christmas best. Even Tessie had a fancy number to wear for the evening (not to church, just at home).
Twin girls watching the snow.
After Jeremy was done with the driveway, he came in to get dressed too. Since we had on Christmas shows all day, we hadn't paid attention to the local news at all. We were completely surprised upon turning it on to find out that the snow was so serious, that every highway and interstate in the city was shut down! We called one of our church deacons who lives across the street from us, and he said he wasn't going to church that evening and that he wouldn't suggest we take the kids out on the roads. So we figured that if HE weren't going, then surely it would be acceptable for us to skip Christmas mass as well. So, since we were all dressed, we decided to take advantage of it and get our annual family picture in front of the Christmas tree. Ever tried taking a family picture, by using the camera's timer setting, of a family that includes 3 young kids and 2 dogs? It's not easy. We got a couple of Jeremy and the 5 youngins, and then one shot of me with 4 of the ankle-biters, but none of all 7. Guess we'll have to photoshop us all together this year!
So, here's all 7 of us, in one way or another.
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