The weather was crazy-good.  Short-sleeves and bare legs were a treat.

I am so blessed.  They rock.
With more food than necessary, we enjoyed our long-time tradition of Christmas Eve festivities with our friends, the Brookses.  More like cousins than friends, it’s nice to see the girls, especially, get to catch up on holidays. 

We were also honored to have our friends, the Hoyts, join us this year. 

We had a difficult time getting a photo of all the kids.  Anna was having none of it.  (We are kind of scary…)
Later we grabbed a photo of the Brookses and Butler’s moms and kids.  We forgot to put our wreath up this year, so we have that family portrait reflecting the hanging lamp to look at.  Oy.

This was 2008.

We then went to church for a beautiful candlelight service, and then to the Hoyt’s for a smorgasbord of more food. 

Yum.