Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve bowling with families from the ward! It's become a new tradition although Xander wasn't with us. 

Love the cousin pictures!

Mom hosted Christmas Eve dinner and, once again, it was a bittersweet evening as we all felt very strongly Dad's absence. His passing has left such a hole in the family but the gospel of Jesus Christ and the celebration of our Savior's birth is extremely comforting and brings so much peace during these difficult holidays without him. Being together means everything!

The cooking crew!

Uncle Bryan is always a favorite!

These two cuties always make me smile.

The kids table.

The only picture I got from the adult table was this and it immediately made me cry when I saw it.

We had a clean up crew this year which was fabulous!

The Martinellis made the rounds, ha ha!

Our Christmas program was filled with songs, scriptures, and sweet stories about Christmas.

We grabbed a few pictures before heading home.

Back at the house it was time for Christmas Eve pajamas!

One final picture before heading off to bed!