Our 'traditional' Christmas Eve was changed up a bit this year.
We usually go to my parents house BUT because of Elizabeth and her BIG wheelchair we needed to change things up.
Our children were not entirely happy about it :)
SO, we did the entire evening the same BUT at our house instead of nanny and pa's.
Nanny and Pa arrived with EVERYTHING!!!
The tradition is everyone makes their OWN personal pan pizza's.
Nanny made homemade dough and brought all the toppings.
Everyone rolled out their dough.
BaJabs rolling out her pizza crust.
Elizabeth getting some help from Nanny in the background.
Pa and MD getting their pizza's started.
Everyone added their own, favorite toppings.
BaJabs adding some pepperoni to her pizza.
My Darling is almost done.
JM's is ready for the oven -- even gluten-free!
Finally, everyone ate their own pizza.
YUMMY!
We did have a time of opening gifts -- nanny and pa brought some along!
Elizabeth is so excited she can open the presents on her own. She holds with her 'hurt' hand and rips with the other!
It is tradition for nanny to give each of the kids new pj's to sleep in for Christmas.
Cute snowman pj's
She LOVES her long nightgown.
JM's pj's!
The girls LOVED that there was matching pj's for their dolls!
The girls were thrilled with their new password journals!
We got nanny and pa a much needed new camera. Nanny loves to take pictures but really had a terribly OLD camera. She was so excited about it she even shed a few tears!
The boys were very happy with their gifts as well!
JM with his new pj's, new MICHIGAN hat, basketball and new card game.
Unfortunately, my sister and her family was not able to be with us for the evening. BUT they did stop early in the day to play for a bit. The girls had lots of fun!
M. and BaJabs all fancied up!
The girls were ready for bed.
The boys played cards with Uncle Josh for hours.
Matt and I did lots of wrapping and finishing up for Christmas morning.
I just did not get everything wrapped ahead of time with all that was going on with our family.
Oh, well -- I was blessed with lots of enjoyable energy!
Matt helped -- lots AND MD did some of the Christmas breakfast prep.
I finally shut off the lights at 3:30 am.
Oh, the surprises and fun that are coming!!!!
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