For Christmas Eve, SM's family always has a wonderful get-together. This year we decided to hold it at the church. It starts with the early arrivers playing games until everyone has arrived for Christmas dinner.
And then we eat a delicious Christmas dinner. The adults eat too much and the kiddos don't hardly eat. Since we have a few teenagers in the family, I looked at their proportion sizes and it looks like the teenagers in my family eat enough to feed a small rodent.
But over all, the dinner is a success, the cousins are so excited to be together and to talk about tomorrow being Christmas. One of my nephews asked me if Santa ever brought me anything "expensive" for Christmas. I had to tell him that "no" I don't think Santa ever did. He was very sad at the response but still held out hope for himself and what the next day would bring.
Doesn't this smile just tell all? I think she's very excited to be there and to have all her family around her. (all but one family and one missionary).
We also had the sister missionaries come to dinner. One of the sisters had only been in Utah for a couple of weeks. She was from Tonga and was freezing! She was also trying to get used to American food. I noticed she ate very little but was still very gracious.
After dinner and after the clean-up, we went to hold our annual Christmas program. We always have stories and hymns but this year added a family talent portion. Each family sang a song. (Well, each family with kiddos...SM and I got out of the performance portion of the program.
SM's older brother's family sang "Little Drummer Boy." The kids were so nervous that they giggled half of the time rather than sing, but it was wonderful.
SM's older sister's family also sang, but they were feeling very comfortable. They have such sweet voices.
SM's younger brother's family all sang. I can't wait to hear from them year after year. I also loved that the two oldest children held each others' hands during the whole song.
And finally the night ended with the story of Christ's birth being read from the Bible. What a wonderful Christmas Eve.
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