Christmas Eve has become quite the tradition for my side of the family. It's a big day for all of us and it works out great that everyone can always be there. We have lots of things we like to cram in on that day and it's awesome! Some of the highlights include the Nativity performed by the grandkids (which I am always in charge of) and even though it's total chaos with the kids fighting over who is going to be the donkey, it's one of the best parts of the night. I still laugh every year when I think about JD asking if he could be Herod a few years back. He promised he wouldn't be mean to baby Jesus.
Brookie is such an angel!
We have a couple of other traditions that I love, in fact these traditions have been in the Hansen Family for as long as I can remember. We always try to do some sort of service project and the grandkids are old enough now that it is always lots of fun. This year we did a couple of different things and pretty similar to last year. Our sweet little friends in China needed money for coal once again to keep warm for the winter. We also made blankets for the children in Africa. The kids had such a great time last year making the blankets, we decided to do it one more year. We are truly so blessed to live in such a great nation and have what we do.
The kids always gravitate towards Uncle Jared. Always the life of the partaay!!
Grandma also spent hours making these amazing dolls for these sweeties!
Christmas Day was great and we enjoyed time with family and cousins from the McKenna side. Our McKenna Family Christmas party was so fun. We forgot our camera and totally spaced getting our phones out to snap a few pics. We did a super fun thing this year. Each family brought a family home video to share. It was so fun to see how the kids have changed over the years and we definitely had some good laughs too. It's always so fun to catch up with family, especially those we don't get to see often.
