Christmas with Family!

We went over to my parents house yesterday afternoon to have our Christmas celebration with Grammie, Pops, Aunt Ashley, Uncle Clint, Tyler, Andrew, and Jackson.  We enjoyed lots of food, drinks, and laughs!

 All three men with "furry" faces!  ;)

Lunch, Ice Skating, & Hot Chocolate with Cousins!

Tyler, Em, Jackie, Ains, and Andrew

 After lunch, we got our warm gear on and headed out to get ice skates!

 Daddy lacing Ainslie's skates

 Daddy with Ains

 Uncle Clint, Em and Daddy

 Taking a break to snuggle Mom!  ;)

 After everyone finished ice skating, we dropped into the local gelato store for some hot chocolate!  I love these kiddos so much!

Christmas Eve...

We joined my brother and his family for the 7:00pm Christmas Eve service at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood.  I caught this sweet moment with Em and Daddy during the opening prayer.

 At the end of the service, the Sanctuary went dark and the only light was the light of our candles.  It was beautiful.  Ainslie was ready!

 After the service, we grabbed some dinner at Bo Lings, and then rushed home to put out cookies and milk for Santa!

Christmas Morning!

The girls were so excited when they woke up to see if Santa actually came!  The first thing that they saw when they came down the stairs was their stockings.

 Time for the presents!

Jingles loves laying in the pile of tissue and wrapping paper!

Lucky with his Christmas toy

 Santa brought the girls a new fort and Frozen pj's with slippers!

Handmade Ornaments...

The girls made these ornaments as their Christmas craft project with Grandma.  They gave them to us last night at our Christmas get together!

This is Ainslie's hand print with snowmen as her fingers!

 This is Emilie's hand print with snowmen as her fingers!

Christmas Dinner with Grandma and Papa!

We went over to Grandma and Papa's house last night for our Christmas dinner.  We had steak and twice baked potatoes for dinner, and after dinner the girls opened their packages from Grandma and Papa!  It was the perfect evening!

Checking out her packages!

Sisters!

Ainslie was super excited about her new jammies!

Little Ballerina

Grandma surprised the girls with ballet lessons starting in January, new ballet shoes, and outfits for Christmas!

Christmas Brunch at The Heilman's!

 Cousins!!  Sinead, Aislinn, Nikki, Emilie, and Ainslie

 Daddy and his girls!