Christmas in Caronport

If you haven't already seen these pics on Facebook, here's a preview of our Christmas!!! My parents came out to spend some time with us over Christmas. It was really wonderful! Christmas Eve was a highlight, as we took the girls out Christmas light looking before the service. Chloe slept, because she hadn't had a nap that day, but Karissa was so excited about all of the lights she saw! It was so neat to hear her excitement... what a great night. Christmas morning was also fun. We took our time opening presents, partly to make it last, and partly not to overwhelm the girls! They had fun trying on their new clothes, playing with toys, and just tearing open the wrapping paper!On Christmas Day, we didn't do much for lunch, because mom and I were cooking the turkey that day, so we just had appys in the kitchen for everyone to nibble at... smoked candied salmon (so yum!), crackers with creamcheese and hot pepper jelly, and of course the candies!
We think Grandpa probably had more fun with the train set than Chloe and Karissa did :)
Karissa in some of her dress-up clothes, as well as a new shirt from Oma!
What else is in the stocking??
On Christmas Eve, after the girls were sleeping, we took out all the presents, wrapped some that hadn't been yet, and feasted on appys, chocolates, and peanuts, and watched the Grinch!
Christmas jammies - the girls got to open these on Christmas Eve - they were so excited! Definitely ready for bed in this photo!
Family pics before church on Christmas Eve!

Christmas dinner - almost forgot to take this one!
The girls and I made a cake for Jesus' birthday. We lit 2 candles (1 for each thousand years) and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus! It was a great close to a wonderful day!

We were so glad that mom and dad could be there to celebrate with us... it was really amazing to have them out... next year we will be in BC to celebrate with all of our family and friends there! It's definitely our turn to travel! Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!