Christmas Eve

 On Christmas Eve we had a big group over that consisted of 16 adults and 9 kids! It was crazy but fun. Didn't get a lot of pics but I had to get a cousin jammie shot. Ben & Carsie were both on their way to getting sick:( 

 His favorite toy at our house and now he has one of his very own! 

 Just a snap shot of the craziness. Of the 9 kids, Lauren & Hadley were the oldest and the only girls!

 Auntie Meg even got off work early and was able to join us, always a bonus! 

If only the night ended there! After everyone left at around 9ish Kevin & I put the kids to bed and started on Christmas. As we were setting up the 2 microphones, the race track and "Cookie" the dog we realized we needed C batteries and a lot of them. Turns out I had 2 Costco packs of AA's but NO C's!!! So I run to the gas station at 10:30 and grab 3 packs of C's (paying a ridiculous price!) only to get home and realize I counted wrong and I need 2 more. So I go back to the gas station 5 minutes shy of them closing and get their last pack of C's. I paid a total of $20 for 8 C batteries- ugh! Anyway, we get the microphones working and then realize that the stupid race track is completely broken, doesn't work at all! By now it's 11:45 and there is nothing we can do so we go to bed and decide we'll tell Ben we are sorry Santa brought him a broken toy and we'll buy him a new one. 

Christmas morning rolls around and...Cookie the dog doesn't work either, totally broken and as we soon found out she is sold out EVERYWHERE, even on line. Needless to say Lauren is annoyed and plans to write Santa a letter asking him to not bring broken toys next year! Maybe next year Mama & Papa Elf will inspect them a little better prior to Christmas Eve;)