We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. Christmas seems more fun when you have a little one to give to and experience with. This was our year to spend at the Summerhays'. And since we were all here we decided to all spend the night!
We played the "M&M" game. There is a bowl of M&Ms and everyone has a straw. You roll the dice and when you roll doubles it;s your turn to suck the m&ms out of the bowl into your pile.
It got intense at the end, here are the 2 finalist counting there M&M's.
Dan won! It was close though.
We did a flannel board nativity story.
Grandpa put on a christmas gift exchange game. Which is always fun.
Then SANTA came! He even had gift for everyone and knew their names!
Declan wasn't so sure about it.
We also did a service project. AnnMarie had the idea to sew baby blankets and donate them to the local hospital. It was a great idea and we all had a good time. It was fun to see the men get into it too :)
Amanda and I sang on of Eileen's favorite Christmas songs.
And we had a yummy dinner.
In the Summerhays family, they stay up late and everyone wraps presents and bustles around trying to get last minute things done. Since this was so different from my family, it was fun to spend the night there and be apart of that memory. We were all so excited for the magic of the next morning.
I want to steal the service project tradition - that's really amazzing~
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