The Night Before Christmas

After thawing out from the snow, we showered and cleaned up to go to Mass to celebrate Jesus's birth. It was a beautiful service - the 10 or so minutes I saw of it! Ava and I spent the rest of the time with other parents and children on the stairs outside the sanctuary. That was a very popular place for rambunctious children to be!

This is our traditional family picture with Ben's family. We cleaned up pretty well! :) ha ha We were on our way to Mass to meet the other half of our family, Chuck, Jenn, Chase and Evan!



Ava goes downstairs to get a glimpse of the Christmas tree and presents one more time before Christmas morning. She's wearing her Christmas kitty pajamas.