Christmas Eve Traditions

2009 Christmas at the McEntire's

First Tradition:

A grandkids' re-enactment of the Nativity

Thanks to Nana's great costumes, the Petzinger kids

were obviously a wise man, a shepherd and an unwilling sheep

Lily was our narrator,
Cru the angel, Ian was Joseph
and Adrey was Mary

I'm grateful that we do this with the kids
so they learn what Christmas is all about

Even if they don't understand, quite yet...
like my little sheep...

who will someday probably be Mary...

unless Adrey refuses to give it up

I know you are asking, why is your mom wearing sunglasses

in the house on Christmas Eve?

What a good question.

Back in October when we went to Yellowstone,

Anna took her little finger with her sharp little finger nail

and poked Nana in the eye

scratching that top layer.

It has refused to heal -

more than 2 months later.

She was in a lot of pain and had to keep the light out as much as possible.

Pop suggested that anyone holding Anna should wear safety glasses.

I am afraid I will have to agree.


Jake & Heather are showing off the kids present

to Nana & Pop...

A foosball table - no, not just for Nana & Pop, obviously...

For all of us--now we can have couples tournaments in pool

and foosball.

And speaking of tournaments,

besides eating only finger foods on Christmas Eve,

we also play Bingo

For prizes!

The boys were both after the same prize--

a monster truck.

Bryce got Bingo first and had to go to bed before

Colton could get Bingo and steal it from him.

He was not happy.

But then he got his Bingo and picked his prize.

Not as good as a monster truck,

but good enough that he was now happy.

Unfortunately, we all did pretty bad at getting pictures this year

for most of the action...

But, it was a very nice Christmas Eve with all my brothers,

their wives, their kids and kids to be...

Merry Christmas!