Christmas Eve

We got to Skype with Berit, Michael, Kristin, Annalee, Jim, and Birgit in the morning!  They all spent Christmas in Hannover.  It was fun to have the little girls talk and they did dances for each other.  Rebecca was SO excited to see everyone.  We sure miss those guys!

 Rebecca got her presents from Omi and Grandpa on Thanksgiving (before they left for Germany).  She got a super cute doll, which she named Mary.  And tons of outfits for her, made by Omi!  She has been occupied with dressing Mary up for many hours.  (I wanted to get a picture of the whole doll, but Rebecca insisted that she was sleeping, and it was not time for her to get up yet.)

Christmas Eve night we went to Aunt Kay's for dinner.  It was fun to see some of my cousins in from out of town and the food was melting in my mouth, it was a m a z i n g!  We were intrerrupted with the sound of sleigh bells.  The children rushed to see who it was and found SANTA, MRS. CLAUS, and an ELF at the door.  He had gifts for all of the children.  Rebecca was not shy and just rushed to sit on his lap!

We had our own little program that night.  We opened all of our gits from under the tree!

I got a new camera for Christmas!!  Below are some of the shots we took while playing with it (after Rebecca was in bed and we were helping Santa set up her presents):