Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

David and I hosted Christmas dinner a couple days early in our home so my brother could be a part of it. It was so special to use my grandmother's china this year.  My grandparents gave me their wedding china when David and I got married and we are using it more and more since we moved into our home.  I asked for Christmas for a few more pieces that I was missing.

We loved having Uncle Toph in town a couple days before Christmas. Unfortunately he had to work Christmas Day so couldn't stay through Christmas.
On Christmas Eve we went to our church for the Christmas Eve Service.
After church we came home and got ready for Santa.
The next morning we woke up to enjoy opening presents with Gigi, Yaya, Dingdad, and Uncle Matt. After we finished up opening gifts we headed down to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital to hand out presents to children admitted on Christmas day. We love doing this with the boys and allowing them to give back a little on a day that you receive so much.
After Christmas we spent a couple days with the cousins which is always a highlight of our Christmas break.

Christmas tradition

For the last 2 years Halley and I have taken the girls down to the Peabody to see the ducks and then to lunch.  We hope when they are older to do the Nutcracker with them.  It is such a precious tradition that I love doing.

You can tell we bribed them with fruit snacks to sit for the pictures and then say hi to the duckmaster. 
Such a special day with our precious girls!

Christmas programs

We had lots of Christmas programs this year with 2 boys in school and involved in church choir.  We enjoyed watching the boys perform in all of them.

Our church one was first at the beginning of December.
Both boys were shepherds. Austin was next to the little boy in camo (towards the left) and Miller was 5 to the right of Austin.   Maggie enjoyed watching the performance. Then we had the Pre-K program at Miller's school. Miller even had a solo and sang Jesus Loves Me. It was more precious than gold!
We are so thankful to have so much family in the same town.
Sweetest little friendship.  
Then the next day we had Austin's Christmas program at school. 
We always take a picture of Austin and Kennedy, our old neighbor.