Our Christmas Celebrations 2008

CHRISTMAS EVE

We celebrated Christmas Eve at my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Ed's house just as we have as long as I've lived in Wisconsin. Being at their house somehow always feels like "going home". It was so much fun to see all my cousins and other friends. Lilly loved playing with all the kids, especially my cousin Casey's little girl - Annika.

This is a great picture of Lilly and Daddy... that's Lilly's happy face (...we're working on it).


CHRISTMAS MORNING

We woke up Christmas morning and after getting dressed and reading the Christmas story we got ready to open presents. Lilly was so patient, it was adorable. We enjoyed an easy going morning with our little family of four. It was so fun to open up each present and see the excitement on Lilly's (and Matt's) face as we played with it. Lilly spent the day playing with her new play house while Matt spent the day with his new touch screen smart phone.

CHRISTMAS MORNING #2
(Celebrating with Matt's Family)

On Friday afternoon we drove down to Aurora to stay with Matt's brother. It was so fun to be with Eric and Melissa and have another Christmas celebration with them and their twin girls - Madeline and Hannah. We got the girls matching jammies and then on Saturday morning we all woke up to way too many presents. Melissa made an amazing breakfast and we had a wonderful day.

We had so much fun playing with our new Christmas gifts. We played Ticket to Ride (our new favorite board game) a few times. I think I set a record for the lowest score ever - 25 points! Then we also played Wii. We all took turns boxing. I think it's safe to say that the girls really impressed the guys with our boxing abilities. It was a pretty fun weekend. We always love our visits with E&M Weis.