Christmas Eve
We hosted Christmas Eve dinner at our house this year, and Grandma and Grandpa came to join us...Here is our table all set..I finally got to use my Christmas dishes that Kaleb's grandmother bought for us when we were first married! I've decided that I like Christmas Eve better than the actual Christmas day..It just seems like that evening is more about the reason for Christmas, and I love our traditions of church and Christmas lights and baking cookies and eating!
Our family on Christmas Eve...we went to church for the Christmas service, then on to look at Christmas lights!
My blue eyed boys....
The Thompson Boys....
Mommy & her precious boys...
My dad & I...
Dad, Zee, and the boys...
After church, we took the boys to walk "Candy Cane Lane" near our house...It is a street where they go all out to decorate their yards!

This was the highlight of the night for Colbers, since the lights have been his favorite thing this season (as well as hiding things in the tree, such as a ball, and coming back to get it the next day!)....He loved looking at all the lights :)
Ready to go home & get cookies ready for Santa!
We have enjoyed doing the Advent Calendar each day this month of December...Here is Jack on day 24--we finally found Baby Jesus! This has been a fun way to teach the story of Christmas to Jackson :)
Here is the final calendar! It is the neatest Advent calendar I've seen...it is magnetic & puts together the scene of Baby Jesus' birth!
Daddy & the boys "tracking Santa" on the google earth website...Last they checked, he was in South Carolina :)
The boys having fun & playing in their Christmas jammies, right before they went to bed for the night!