No Christmas would be complete without Sydney marking her face up with a dry erase marker the night before. Luckily, it came off easily and we ended up not taking any formal family pictures anyway since it was raining all day on Christmas Eve.
We had such a fun Christmas this year. We went to Dave's parents' house for Christmas Eve and ate dinner and opened presents with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Gary, his brother Tim and sister Melissa and her two kids, Anthony and Emily. Tim also brought his lady friend, Evelyn who he recently proposed to and they plan to get married next June. Congratulations, Tim and Evelyn!
Opening presents on Christmas Eve with Dave's family.
Audrey's enjoying her first Christmas but not as much as she's enjoying her fist.
Sydney did her best to try and calm Audrey but she wouldn't have it!
Cousin Emily, Sydney and baby Audrey. 
For Christmas day we headed over to the Nielson's and opened even more presents, ate dinner and then put on our first annual Christmas concert. We sang Christmas carols together and performed some solo pieces. Laura sang "I'll be Home for Christmas," Alissa sang, "In the Bleak Midwinter," and we sang "Still, Still, Still" together. Dave accompanied on the guitar and Alissa on the keyboard. The only thing it was missing was cowbell.
The highlight of the evening was when I sang "Christmas Shoes" and made some Christmas shoes for my mom to wear. I "borrowed" some shoes for her a few weeks earlier and decorated them. If any of you aren't familiar with the song, or the movie, then you are really missing out on one of the most ridiculous Christmas songs ever (and the worst casting job in history; Rob Lowe, really?)! In my search for a song link I discovered that YouTube is a great source of crazy music videos set to that song, although none of them have shoes as nice as the ones I made but there's an abundance of bad child actors with even worse teeth (naaaaayyy)! If any of you actually like the song, I don't apologize for mocking it. I can't help it. 
We look forward to next year's concert with more corny Christmas songs and even more reenactments...and a tambourine. Ooooh, I'm thinking little drummer boy, starring Laura!
4 comments:
Sounds like you guys had a great time! I can't get over how much Sydney looks like you! Love the marker face! We normally aren't that busy, it just worked out that way. Did Laura like her necklace? You can tell me either way 'cause your dad's the one that picked it out! I wish I would've been there for the Christmas concert! I would've brought the cowbell!
Dang it, I should have been the cowbell. Looks like you guys had a fun Christmas. I miss you and your family, I had a really great summer with you all. Congrats on the new little one! She is adorable!
I can't stop laughing at the picture of Sydney shushing Audrey. It's too much.
And I loved, loved, loved the concert. Once a month would not be too much. I also forgive you for taking a goofy picture of me. And the shoes are safely put away with the Christmas stuff.
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