John and I started this tradition the year we got married. We never had much to do Christmas Eve night after church. Plus Christmas became so hectic trying to fit in 3 different family visits in one day. To remedy both those problems we started hosting a Christmas Eve party.
We have both sides of our family come and mingle and eat and open presents. The boys stay up way to late and everyone eats and drinks entirely too much.
This year was the first time both boys got to sprinkle their reindeer food. Watching them run around the yard throwing their magical oatmeal brings me so much joy! After about every 3rd throw, Evan will look skyward just in case they could 'smell' their food and come a little early.
One tradition in a tradition is for everyone to take a picture by the Christmas tree. Since I have a skinny tree (a whole other blog post) sometimes the trees gets lost. But still, a tradition is a tradition!
The Asbell Ladies
The Asbell Men
Nonna has a tradition of her own. Each year the boys put bows on their heads and take a picture in Nonna's lap. She has one from every year. Last year, Luke was already in bed when Nonna and Pop got here, so she arrived extra early for this year's picture. And everyone was cooperative!!
The boys were in great moods and kept everyone in stitches! Evan even showed off how he planned to peek at Santa that night after he went to bed.
Other random pictures from the night. If you are on Facebook, you have already seen these!
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