Christmas Day

Christmas morning started off bright and early. We were up a little after 6am to open presents.

The snuggie wasn't a Christmas present--but it came in handy to keep Jamie warm...

Darin got tickets to a UNC game...

After we finished opening our presents, we headed to Devin and Sarah's to open more presents with them and to have breakfast. Donald and I got Delainey a wagon which we thought she would love....

but she didn't....

She would much rather walk around--especially if it's in someone else's shoes...

Christmas Day afternoon we headed over to Donald's sister, Kelly's house. I am so mad that I forgot my camera. It was the first time in several years that all the "Gilreath" cousins were together. We had a great time: laughed, ate, talked, caught up and loved every minute of it!!

Christmas Eve

We have a favorite Christmas Eve activity that involves the Clawson family(the family of Bronwen from the post before). For several years, they have invited us over to spend the evening with them and we get to take part in the traditional reading and acting out of Luke 2. Since we don't have young children, this has been so fun for us. Whomever is home at our house on Christmas Eve heads over to the Clawsons after dinner and the fun begins.

Donald was the donkey that carried Mary this year...

Jenna was Mary and Darin was Joseph...

Jamie was the angel....

("and they were sore afraid....")

Erik was a wise man (but I don't have a picture of him separately because I was trying to film at that point).

Here's a picture of the entire crew after the production.....

Thank you, Clawsons, for allowing us to join you once again!!

Bronwen

Bronwen is a darling little girl that is the youngest daughter of some friends of ours. Our family adores her (and the rest of her family) and she will often come home from church with us for a few hours. Yesterday she helped me cook dinner and as we cooked, she kept singing "Angels We Have Heard on High". It was delightful to have Christmas music sung by a 5-year-old in the house. She put us all in the Christmas mood. Here's a little video of the chorus. (Sorry I didn't get the beginning...)





Merry Christmas!!