Christmas Eve

Since we are without any extended family this Christmas, a first for the Brijs clan, and have grandparents, aunts and uncles spread out all over this year, we thought we'd blog to help you all seem a little closer. Plus, Mallory tells me I don't blog about our kids enough.

So I present to you our Christmas Eve Celebration in photos:

First we started with dinner, which looks very neutral in the picture but we did serve green beans and yams for color, I promise.

The kids helped set the table, notice the placement of the spoon. We used the beautiful linens Grandma Bonnie gave us from the Caribbean. They added just the right touch.

Marshall ready to dig in. We all enjoyed dinner but I would say he enjoyed it most.

Sadie doing her famous head tilt. This girl could give posing advice to Paris Hilton

Joseph ready to dig in.

After dinner we told the kids they could open one present each. I don't think the pajamas were a big hit but they were good sports about it.

After they changed into their new jammies we watched elf. Marshall made it half way through the movie and then sadly had to retire to bed. For the rest of us, after elf was over, we watched Joy to the World , set out Santa's cookies and then the kids went to bed.

It was a quieter Christmas Eve than we are used to but still very fun. We miss you all and hope your Christmas Eve was as enjoyable as ours.