Christmas Eve

We spent a wonderful Christmas Eve with our amazing friends the Berryhills and the Whitts.  It was a night of amazing food and family traditions.  We are so blessed here with our Chile Family.  We started our Christmas Eve traditions at home with our annual family talent show.  First land, then water.

Science experiment…mentos and coke.

After the talent show, we packed in the car and headed over to spend our Christmas Eve with many of those we love in Chile.  After a delicious Italian dinner, the kids put on a nativity performance that was so good.  They worked together to make it so special!

A narrator.

An inn keeper and Joseph. 

Mary, baby Jesus, and even a donkey too. 

An angel and a Shepard. 

And the cutest wise men riding their camels.

And don't forget that sweet sheep in white, right in the front.

Then there was outside fun.

And dodgeball.

And football.

 Then carols and games!

The oreo game.  Get the oreo from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands.  And the victor was Mark, a hidden talent.   

In fact, it must be in the genes because Dallin won the kid's round.

Drew was perseverance itself.  He stayed outside long after the game ended determined to accomplish this task.   After about 20 minutes the dog came outside and dropping the oreo was not a good thing, so Drew came inside.

Julie was the champion of this round.

Life is so good! 

We ended this night a bit late with our scavenger hunt.  Which yielded some favorite American treats (thank you to our neighbor who graciously brought Goldfish and Cheezits back with her in her suitcase after Thanksgiving in the States).

Then on to our watching of the nativity and a traditional Christmas movie.  It ended in a sleeping Easton.  We went on our walk with Easton asleep in the stroller. Then came home to put out the cookies for Santa and head to bed…though Mom and Dad still had a lot of work ahead.  But of course it was all worth it!