Christmas Nelson Style

Christmas Eve was a Nelson year. We spent the evening with Dustin's sisters, parents and the Jensen's.. but for some reason we didn't get any pictures taken! I'll have to steal some from Jack, Jill or Kristi (please?!) We had a progressive dinner starting at Jack and Gaye's with some yummy salads and Christmas songs. Then we moved to the Dalley's were the main course was served and the kids ran around like crazy and played outside in the freezing cold. To end the night we came to our house and decorated cookies and visited. We had fun but missed the Greig kids so much! Hope they get feeling better soon.

After the party died down and everybody went home we opened our Christmas Eve presents.

Pajamas of course!

Then we finished The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, read the Christmas story from the Bible and The Night Before Christmas and it was off to bed to wait for Santa!

Santa brought Estefan and Allie new bikes and Mark and Luke got an excavator.

I still hadn't finished Luke's Christmas sock by Christmas Eve (bad mom, bad mom..eh).. so I stayed up and visited with Santa and got it done so he could fill it with goodies.
It turned out pretty good I think!

The big kids opened all their presents and Luke played in the paper and stole candy from stockings.

After all the presents were opened and a big breakfast at Grandpa Glen and Grandma Shirley's house, the kids put on their new Christmas duds and we went to Church.

It was so fun to go to church on Christmas day! I don't remember having Christmas on a Sunday since I was really young. I loved listening to the choir and hearing the wonderful talks (including Grandpa Glen) and feeling the sweet Christmas spirit all around.

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!! Now Happy New Year!