Christmas Eve

We started our Christmas Eve off by picking the boys up from Mimi and PawPaw's house. Levi and I got to go on a date the night before to see The Hunger Games at Fork and Screen. So after we scooped the boys up bright and early, we headed to Chick Fil A for breakfast. Unconventional, yes. But the boys had been wanting that for breakfast for quite a while, and I think Levi did too!! And since we were right by Target and Academy Sports, we did a pass through there as well. We just like to shop as a family :) We came home for a bit and then got dressed for church. And since we haven't had a family picture since June, I set up the tripod to get some family pics. They turned out a little something like this....not professional quality, but they will tide me over for 7 more months!

 We enjoyed a beautiful candlelight Christmas service at church. Oh, how good it felt to be at church as a family. I always feel a little alone at church, even though I always have Wyatt by my side, having Levi on the other side just felt right! The boys enjoyed the service as well, especially the candlelight part! It was such a joyous, peaceful, moving service! Made my heart happy!

After church, we decided to see if Minsky's was open, and to Levi's luck, it was!!! We pretty much had the whole restaurant to ourselves and had such a fun meal! Family meals are just the best!

Then we came home and put our jammies on, and headed out to Longview Lake to look at the lights. Levi had never been before, so we were really wanting to go out there, but apparently so was the rest of Johnson County because the line was long long long LONG- like waiting in line for over an hour to see 7 minutes worth of lights. But I kept telling them, "Didn't we want some family togetherness?" They weren't amused by my positivity!

After we finally made it home, it was time to get ready for Santa! The boys carefully picked out Santa's food- homemade cookies, a snowman donut, carrots for the reindeer, and chocolate chips for Shed, plus a cup of milk! We also scattered some reindeer food outside! And then it was time to put our little elves to bed! 

And just a few hours later, Santa came!!!!  

All we had to do now was wait til Christmas morning....