Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve...we celebrated at our house; Auntie Lisa, Uncle Bill, Sam and Nick came over for dinner (lasagna, prime rib, salad and snacks) and we had a great time. Griffin hung pretty well until bedtime...though he woke at 4am (this has become a pattern the past few nights -- pretty sure we have a growing little boy on our hands!) but we told him that Santa can't come unless he is asleep! I think that did the trick. Here are some pics from our day/evening!

The day started off fairly icy -- so here is Ben on the driveway...finally using the tractor for our intended purpose -- plowing!!!!

Family picture by the tree

Hanging out on the couch..Griffin really loves Uncle Bill (he crawled to him and Uncle Bill always gets smiles!)

Sam enjoyed drinking out of the MARTY MOOSE cups (as we watched Christmas Vacation, of course)

Self photo! Always classic.

Nick and Sam...Nick had to work but drove over after despite the not-so-great roads

Auntie Lisa relaxing before dinner

We successfully prepared lasagna and prime rib...it tasted quite good, actually (and to our knowledge, no one got sick)! Ben and I were very proud of ourselves.

And, of course, Griffin left cookies and milk out for Santa...and a carrot for Rudolph. Looks like Santa had already came, from this picture!

And he left a note!