Christmas Eve

It's one of my favorite days!  Seriously, the excitement, the energy, the happiness, the fun, the love, the FAMILY!  It just makes the whole day.  I think I wrote last year how it was one of my favorite days as a child as well.   I want to make sure my boys have the same thing growing up.  Traditions, those are important to me! So, here are my boys on Christmas Eve (excuse Colin's shirt, he was drooling everywhere for some crazy reason)! 

I love getting a picture with the boys and of the boys in front of the tree each year.  This is our first year in our new house so the picture is a bit different in the background.  Growing and changing - it's always happening! 

Christmas Eve always means the boys get to open two presents of our choice.  Each year they open the same thing, but for some reason Cade always forgets.  

Colin and Cade were both SUPER excited about their ornaments this year.  I always try to get them one that goes with their personality.  This year was no different!  I am hoping that when they grow up and move out of my house with their own family that they will be able to take these ornaments with them and remember each year when they got them.  

Cade's ornament this year was a ketchup bottle.  The boy LOVES ketchup so I couldn't resist and he loved the ornament.  Look at that face! 

Colin opened his ornament and found out it was a firetruck!  His favorite thing this year! 

They weren't overly excited about the pajamas, and I haven't loaded all my pictures yet.  But here they are with Grammy!  

And in the car with Grammy going to look at lights in St.Marys.  

Both boys fell asleep before we got home so we just transferred them into our bed.  We set out the cookies and milk for them and sprinkled the reindeer food around.  Then we waited for Santa to arrive and work his magic!  Merry Christmas!