Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve! As is the case most years, it was a busy day. Last-minute shopping, wrapping, and (of course) cooking.

Lily has become quite the little chef with Grandmom. She really liked helping put the Nila wafers in the bottom of the tiny cheesecakes.

Yes!

Love these sweet moments.

That evening, we all gathered at Grandma and Grandpa's house for our annual Allred Christmas Program. We usually use a cute stuffed Nativity set to help tell the story of Baby Jesus, but this year, we had the grandkids dress up.

Lily was really excited to be Mary!

Joseph!

Cole was one of the shepherds and even brought his own "sheep".

(The sheep may or may not have been dressed up as Santa's reindeer.)

Getting in character...

The kids did a good job! Mason and Grant were Wise Men.

Our attempts at a group picture:

Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus

Such a good dad. Way to step up, Joseph!

CHAD AND DARNELL CAME! They flew in right before our program! It was so good to have them there.

After our program, George read the kids "The Night Before Christmas" and all the kids were allowed to open one gift.

Aunt Amy always gets the greatest gifts. These kids had so much fun playing this little fishing game from her.

Uncle Jason taking a turn.

Another cool game from Aunt Amy.

And in other news: AMY IS ENGAGED!!

Derek proposed on Christmas Eve! We are so, so happy for them both. We've known Derek for years and think he's great!


And finally, look at this cute Grandma in Idaho with all her grandbabies!

I *might* have stolen this picture of Aunt Dorene from Facebook. She had Ben's two boys and daughter, Caleb's daughter, Nathan's daughter and two boys, and Kasia's three boys. That's quite the family!