Christmas Eve

ok... so time to catch up.  It has been a whirlwind of fun and craziness the last couple of days, but I will start with Christmas Eve.
the kids and I spent most of the morning decorating A LOT of cookies to share with all.  Will and Isa did a fantastic job, and I am pretty sure I am going to have great helpers for years to come!

We all attended mass at 4pm at St Peter.  The church and the gym were packed... but we were lucky enough to get seats and it was great.  The kids behaved, and the whole gang was there.  Awesome!  We followed mass be heading to the Sikora's traditional Christmas Eve dinner destination....McDonalds (you will have to ask me about this tradition at another time) =).  After LOTS of food (to include two 50 piece nuggets packs), the gang was full and it was off to Gramma and Bapa's house!

We drove around a little to see some lights, and then started the evening with the Christmas story.  Mary, Justin and Jenny were honored to read "The Very First Christmas" and the story was followed by everyone joining in to sing Silent Night.  The rest of the evening was outstanding.... laughter, lots of gifts, cookies, loudness, being silly, the shake weight, Grayson being mistaken for Baby Jesus by Isa, Will playing with the new train, special mugs for grandparents, the muddy marsh kit, St Ed t-shirts and sharing in Gabi, Chloe, and Grayson's 1st Christmas made the evening perfectly memorable!

 the T-rex he always wanted...

 Isa's new baby doll!

 Gabi loving her new toy!