Christmas Eve

One of our favorite traditions is on Christmas Eve we get to keep our friends, Adam and Nicole's kiddos.

The Steels work at a local family owned jewelry store, Steels Jewelry, and the Holiday time is busy, busy, busy for them.  I could not even imagine.  

We are pretty blessed with a slow paced Holiday season, so we look forward to being able to love on their kids by keeping them and showing them a good time :)

It's always so much fun!

The kids are friends with our kids and very well behaved so it's pretty easy really.

Pausing from playing for some hot cocoa.

We chilled, played in the backyard, and then decided to ride bikes/golf cart to the playground once Olive woke up from her morning nap.

Gwyneth (the oldest) LOVED this digital camera, and she figured out all the little gadgets on that thing really quick.  

Side Note:  the Steel kids are also geniuses!!!

I love this close up of her, she's going to be such a wonderful young lady :)

It was kinda cold, so we bundled up the kids really well with hats, jackets, scarves and such.

Shelby being silly :)

who doesn't love a happy baby pic?

Titus loved having a little boy to play with :)

showing off, doing his "tricks"

our "we're on vacation" look hahaha,,,bed hair central!

I rode the bike there with Bennett and Neela in the back, so on the way back I let Gwennie drive the golf cart, she was so so excited!  (I still sat in the driver seat, she just steered, or lack of, hahaha)

{I love Olive's face in this one}

we went back home for lunch, naps/rest time

then painted nails in Christmas theme :)

 

and made a Steel gingerbread house with the older kids while the younger ones still napped

complete with their family :)

We busted out the Cootie game while waiting on the little ones to wake up :)

 

We enjoy this day so much. 

It's a lot of fun, and everyone is in great moods because it's Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!