Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to All! It's been another wonderful holiday here in Nashville. My parents and Jenni came up to celebrate and we have had a few wonderful days with them. Matt and I worked today but we were both home for the Christmas Eve celebration yesterday and had a blast unwrapping presents with the kids.

We also had a fun time getting ready for Christmas this year. The kids have loved every minute of it and have been in awe of all the pre-Christmas on-goings.

Lucas raced to open a door every morning of his not one, but three calendars. His favorite was the Kinder Chocolate calendar my grandmother sent him from Germany. Kindereggs behind doors and getting to eat them before breakfast, can't beat that.

Eli, the Christmas Elf, made his first appearance at our house this year. Every night he left us to head back to the North Pole and tell Santa whether we've been naughty or nice around here. He reappeared somewhere else every morning and Lucas had fun tracking him down every day.

And we of course got our Christmas tree.

And decorated it. Winter hats required.

Soon all the lights were on.

 And the ornaments too.

The season brought a few more holiday treats. We watched Jenni dance as the Mouse Queen in the Nutcracker.

And posed with the Nutcracker at the Opryland Hotel.

And watched a special Holiday Shrek show.

Pictures from our Christmas celebration to come soon! Merry Christmas and Frohe Weihnachten from all of us! We hope yours has been as blessed as ours.