Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve this year was with the Schwitzer side. We had the evening at our home which was actually a lot of fun. The nice part about being in a big family is we all help out with the food and so the family hosting isn't burdened with a lot. When the Schwitzers get together there are a lot of people so we had tables all over the house and it was a good time. The pic above is all the adults at one table.

In the family room was a table with Anne, Kate, Evelyn, Will, Andrew, and Jason. I can feel the Christmas crazies coming from that table!

Eliza and Claire sat at the baby table. These two are becoming better friends and it's fun to watch them.

On the living room table we had Emma, Jane, Grace, Alex, Zach, and Jacob. These are the older wiser cousins.

After dinner we did the Nativity. This was probably the most random Nativity yet. We had the traditional Mary, Joseph, Wise men, and shepherds but, then we had to throw in a couple of Disney princesses and a ninja. We pick our battles these days with so many kids.

After the Nativity we opened presents to each other, had dessert and called it a night. It was so fun to be together again and especially to see all the cousins and adults excitement for Christmas!

After all the cousins left we opened our Christmas Eve pajamas, put out cookies for Santa and the kids went to bed right on time. They did really good this year and fell asleep fast and Santa was able to make an early stop.