December 2021- Part 3- And so this is Christmas, Noccalula Falls

We were blessed to be able to participate in our local convent's night of Las Posadas.  Our boys were innkeepers and baby girl was a sheep.

It took us back to when Tuckerman was a little sheep in the Christmas pageant.  :)

My phone was messed up during Christmas so we used Marc's and therefore I have the least amount of Christmas pictures ever.  We had our beautiful, traditional Christmas Eve with BB and Poppy.  We have done our routine so many times we know exactly how to get it all done.  We always kick it off with a late afternoon visit from Santa on the firetruck.  :)

And then we come in and share secret santa- the sibling drawing.  

We had our annual steak supper with potatoes and my Nanny's salad.  

We sang The Twelve Days of Christmas and other songs and then all drove together to see Christmas lights.  Then Daddy read us the Christmas Story from Luke and we put the children to bed while the grown ups wrapped presents like crazy to get ready for Christmas.  

Christmas morning we had our monkey bread breakfast and then burned our tree stump from the year before to remember Christmas past. Then it was present time!  I have to find more pictures! 

After opening presents, BB and Poppy headed home and we went to Christmas Day Mass.  O come let us adore Him!!

 Another beautiful horse painting by Julia. 

Happy days celebrating Christmas- toys on the porch-

Bowling!

We found out that Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, Al, has amazing walk through Christmas lights and we had a wonderful night there!  

A special treat was having my law school roommate Holly swing through town with her family.  We had a hilarious night laughing and reminiscing.