Twas the night before Christmas...

Although we have all (Curtis, McKenna, &I) been unbelievably sick and miserable this whole week, we have had a wonderful Christma Eve today. The day started with the three of us sleeping in until about 10:3o this morning, We then got ready for the day and went to my parents house to meet Santa and get pictures with him. We have a good family friend who is now a professional Santa Claus, and the closest thing to the real Santa I have ever met. It was a lot of fun getting family pictures taken with him, and taking pictures of McKenna on his lap. She has just recently found her hands and really figured out how to use them. Once she found Santa's beard, she wasn't about to let go of it. Good thing it is the real deal or he would have had a lot of disappointed little kids, and a lot of explaining to do.

My family has this Christmas tradition that every Christmas eve we have a big family feast of all you can eat Nacho's. It's kind of a long boring story about how that came about. Lets just say I LOVE that tradition, and it didn't disappoint this year. So following our visit with Santa, we had our usual big Nacho feast. It was wonderful.

As soon as we were done with dinner and said our goodbyes, we came home and took a long, nearly 3 hour nap as a family...my favorite thing in the world! So far, it has been an absolutely perfect day (with the exception of being super sick), and we are excited to celebrate Christmas tomorrow. We are grateful for our Savior who is the real reason we celebrate this wonderful holiday and for his birth and life. We are grateful for our beautiful daughter who is joining our family this year, and are excited for many more Christmas' to come.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!