We celebrated Christmas 2013 with some established traditions: Christmas Eve with Nana and D, presents, making calzones as a family. Some of the traditions we love are newer, like a family worship time and listening to the Christmas story read by one of our family members (this year, Avery read it). Amelia started a tradition of singing Happy Birthday to Jesus and sharing His birthday cupcakes, and this year, since Trey was in Europe, facetiming with him during the festivities rounded out our activities. Our favorite "newer" tradition is having Mimi, Gran, and Nanny join us for the laughter, excitement, and love.
Christmas Day gave us time with Nonnie, Great Nonnie and the whole family. Having everyone over to our house was so exciting for the kids and they loved bonding with uncles and aunts over gifts. Having everyone in our home is certainly something we hope becomes a tradition as well.
Watching Christmas unfold in the eyes of our girls brings its own sort of magic, and we are blessed beyond measure by their delight in the season.
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