Every Christmas Eve our family gets together to share a meal, exchange gifts, and celebrate this wonderful time of year. The meal is always the same--lasagna, seven layered salad, bread sticks and a Christmas birthday cake for Jesus. We always read the Christmas story before we open gifts and a few years ago we started the tradition that Grandpa makes gingerbread houses with the grandchildren and anyone else that wants to. We try to keep it a fun and relaxing evening that everyone can enjoy. This year we were really happy that Hannah made her appearance early enough to join us.
I think the best way to remember something is to show it in pictures so here are a few glimpses of the evening.
Our annual family Christmas picture. We had to take it by timer and the only way to keep the kids' attention was to put a video on for them to watch. That is why they look like they are intently watching something.
Just us and the grandkids :)
Five precious gifts! I love this picture!
Jay and Alexis doing the motions to the "12 Days of Christmas." See video following.
The two boys ran into each other and then didn't know what to think. It was so cute!
Melissa is quite happy with her gift :)
Lots of signs. People should definitely know who the Kreiders are.
Gingerbread house making.
Melissa helped Alexis make this beautiful house.
On one side of the roof they wrote Alexis' name and on the other they wrote Hannah
Sweetness over and over. Hannah sleeps blissfully on.
Jay and Alexis do the motions to the "12 Days of Christmas."
A very short clip of Mark singing "O Christmas Tree."
Kristen helps Mark sing "Away in a Manger."
Merry Christmas from the Lehmans!
" Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord."
~ Luke 2:11
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