Christmas Eve

We hosted a Christmas Eve party for my family and had quite a crowd. I think 40 people were there and they were all family. It was a really good time together and nice to see everyone in from out of town.

Mom, Jennie, Me, Ellie

DuBose, me, Fred, Rushie, Jennie and Ryan

Ellie with her namesake, my aunt Llewellyn

Fred and Mom

Dad with my cousin Llewellyn

My grandparents with the four children - Dad, Llewellyn, Bobby and Jimmy

Dad with his sister, Llewellyn

My cousin Jamie's family

The Llewellyns : Aunt, Llewellyn Kittredge, Llewellyn (Ellie) and Llewellyn

My cousin Ashley and her husband David with Llewellyn

My cousin Molly with her family

All of the great grandchildren who were there. 6 were missing!

Chanler, Philip, Legare, Alida, Kitt, Ellie, Steven, Macey, Burnham, Bobby

Mills, DuBose, Micheal, Mattie, Eliza, Harry

My cousin Bobby and his family

We loved having Nana, Grandad and Aunt Anne there as well!

We had the party from 5-7 and then went to 7:30 church which was a first for us. Usually, we go to the 4:30 children's service but just couldn't do that and the party. The kids were ready for bed by 8 but were able to hang in there and made it to their beds around 9:30. We still put out cookies, milk and reindeer food but I can't say they were really into it. They were all just ready to go to sleep so they could wake up on Christmas!!

I am so glad we had the party though. It was great to see everyone and to have all of our family in one place. Loved spending Christmas Eve with everyone!