Our Christmas celebration was wonderful!!

Was yours too?

It is such a fantastic time of the year!

We started preparing food a couple of days before Christmas Eve.

It was a fun job with lots of helpers!!

For Christmas Eve we had a huge finger food spread planned.

We focused on the sweet treats first, making our favorites.

Addie ran the kitchen this day and I do not even have a photo of her!

I do not have photos of all the yummy treats either, but it was a lot of fun making it all!

The next day we worked on the savory food.

My helpers were needed and I was thankful for them!

On Christmas Eve we always attend a candle light service at our church at 6 p.m.

My FAVORITE, favorite thing about Christmas!

There is SO much singing, and it is just incredibly worshipful and so beautiful!!

After church was over, we came home to enjoy our Christmas Eve hor d’oeuvres meal.

Yummy, yummy!

We planned to use the leftovers from this meal on Christmas day in the evening with Kay’s crew – so we made A LOT!

The next morning after everyone was up, dressed, and ready, we had the kids open up their stockings from Blake and I.

It was a sweet time!!

If you are wondering why Chad, Grant, and David’s stockings are so flat, it is because they only had a gift card in them!

Pretty soon Kay’s crew came over and we enjoyed a huge brunch.

We have a no cell phone rule on Christmas day, which means no photos were being taken with phones.

Even though I had out my big camera, I was terrible at getting photos!

After brunch, we had Kayla, David and the grand babies open their gifts from Blake and I and the kids also exchanged their gifts to each other.

Our seven children and David exchange names every year, and it is a fun tradition!!

Again, hardly any photos!

Chad won the prize for the most creative wrapping job!

That is a piano song book wrapped like a shirt!

These three boys were loving their matching shirts.

Last, but not least, is the cutest one year old on the planet.

Aspen Praise, NaiNai loves you!!!

It was THE BEST DAY!!

Spending time with our favorites is always at the top of my list as the best day ever!

As we celebrated Christmas and enjoyed the holidays, the Lord kept filling my heart and mind with the word ENOUGH.

His promise to us!

He is enough.

The fact that He sent His son is enough!

His plan for each of our lives is ENOUGH.

I just love this thought SO much.

I sure hope I can keep it at the forefront of my mind and heart every day as we move through this new year.

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for sending Your Son to die for US.

Thank you, Jesus our Savior, for making a way for US.

What a privilege to celebrate Jesus’s birth!!

Hope each one of you had a very Merry Christmas!!