Christmas Eve we headed to the Children's service as usual. A few pictures were taken before church. (Note: Rudy picked out his outfit at the store, and when I asked what he thought N should wear, he said they should match, so he picked out the same outfit.)
And of course, you always need a silly picture.
At church our friends, Will, Jared, and Nathan (Along with the choir director, Bryan) played before the service.
N happily joined all the kids (especially the pre-teen girls) for the children's sermon.
The new choir robes came in just days before Christmas, so this was their official unveiling.
After church, we got together at Donna's with some other families. Total for the night: 10 children (1 girl, 9 boys) and 4 adults.
Rudy and his buddy Joe (it took me a while to get this picture to take because it was dark, so we finally went with whatever turned out).
Serious discussions were had.
Donna and her boys always have the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, so we got to enjoy that. This was taken and within 5 minutes the kids had all scattered again and the adults could enjoy the (relative) peace of the kitchen.
Christmas morning... looking at stockings.
Enjoying a new wii game.
And since I took a picture of Rudy, N needed one taken, too.
Around 11am, Paul's family and my dad came over for brunch. So more presents were opened.
N had been gradually getting sick starting Christmas Eve, by the time he woke from his nap Christmas, he was miserable. At least he made it through all the fun activities. Our usual Christmas Eve tradition is going out for Chinese food. With N not feeling well, we did carry out instead.
And of course, you always need a silly picture.
At church our friends, Will, Jared, and Nathan (Along with the choir director, Bryan) played before the service.
N happily joined all the kids (especially the pre-teen girls) for the children's sermon.
The new choir robes came in just days before Christmas, so this was their official unveiling.
After church, we got together at Donna's with some other families. Total for the night: 10 children (1 girl, 9 boys) and 4 adults.
Rudy and his buddy Joe (it took me a while to get this picture to take because it was dark, so we finally went with whatever turned out).
Serious discussions were had.
Donna and her boys always have the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, so we got to enjoy that. This was taken and within 5 minutes the kids had all scattered again and the adults could enjoy the (relative) peace of the kitchen.
Christmas morning... looking at stockings.
Enjoying a new wii game.
And since I took a picture of Rudy, N needed one taken, too.
Around 11am, Paul's family and my dad came over for brunch. So more presents were opened.
N had been gradually getting sick starting Christmas Eve, by the time he woke from his nap Christmas, he was miserable. At least he made it through all the fun activities. Our usual Christmas Eve tradition is going out for Chinese food. With N not feeling well, we did carry out instead.
