Christmas Eve

We spent the daytime hours of Christmas Eve in Solvang and while we were there, Lillie started to act strange.  She wouldn't eat any of her brunch, crepes with powdered sugar and syrup, which she loves.  And she was really lagging behind as we walked from shop to shop.  She complained of being really tired so we headed home.  We had stayed up late partying the night before, so I thought that was the reason, but when we got home she laid in bed and napped.  And that girl NEVER naps, unless she's sick, so we knew something was up.  When she woke up 2 1/2 hours later, she had a fever of 101.4, so we called our friends who we were planning on having dinner with and canceled.  Luckily we had gotten a ham and so we had that in addition to the potatoes and rolls that we had already made for that night.  Lillie didn't take a single bite.  She laid on the couch for the rest of the night.  We still managed to squeeze in making cookies for santa, with extras for us to eat with hot cocoa while we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  We finished off the night acting out Luke 2 with just our little family.  Eric and Henry had to play multiple roles, but it was a success.  It was not the night that we had originally planned, but it was actually really nice to have a low-key night to really focus on our family and the birth of the Savior.

 Snuggling with Dad while watching the Grinch.

 Enjoying warm chocolate chip cookies with hot cocoa, Santa's favorite.

 Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus, at least we had the 3 most important roles covered

Ian played his part so well!