Christmas Eve

Twas the night before Christmas...

Clement family Christmas

We were so happy to have the Clements in town this year for Christmas! Gracie bonded with Grandma and Aunt Stephanie...

and Owen was thrilled to hang out and shoot hoops with Grandpa and Uncle Connor.

Fun times!

The Clement cousins!

Owen couldn't get enough Batman..

and Gracie loves her some Happy Feet! How did they know??

Grandma and baby Campbell

Clements

Thanks for the wonderful Christmas!

Cookie time!

Decorating Christmas cookies is always fun!

And yummy too!

Our Joseph

Owen volunteered to play Joseph in his preschool Christmas program!

Little sister was impressed.

Santa drive-by

Santa, Frosty and Rudolph made their annual drive through the neighborhoods of Leesburg with the local fire department and we were excited! Even though Santa was taking forevvvvvver.

Owen and Grace stayed up, waiting for the roaring sirens signaling he was near. After two nights of waiting and changed routes,

Santa was here!!

Oh, the excitement!

Grace yelled, "No! NO! No Danta!" And Owen gave this little wave.

They loved it, I swear!

Feeling festive

Feeling merry and bright, we set off for a festive evening of a living nativity, coffee, hot chocolate, holiday tunes, and Christmas treats.

Fa la la la la!

And ended up with a night of traffic, winding dark roads through VA horse country, urgent calls for a bathroom, the realization that GPS thingys really ARE a good investment, and a puker. Tis the season!

Santa!

We made a visit to see Santa at the fire department and Owen was psyched... though slightly more so about the trucks once he'd given Santa his "request".

Grace was excited about Santa from a safe distance, waving "Hi Danta!". But once we got close, she lost it. Here we plopped her in his lap, where she sat, frozen in fear. Ho ho ho!