Christmas Eve in Santa Cruz

One of our favorite Christmas Eve traditions(when we don't go to Idaho or Utah)is to go to the beach. I was so happy the weather cooperated for us. It was so beautiful over there. In fact my nieces and nephew even played in the water(silly kids). It was so fun to have my sister and her family, plus my brother and his wife(pregnant with twin girls, so exciting)with us for Christmas Eve. We just played and relaxed and enjoyed being together. After that we shared some homemade tamales and drinks(supplied by my brothers co-worker), with the nativity preformed by the cousins. It was perfect!

Twelve Days of Christmas

Today we received a package in the mail from my favorite sister(and not just because she's my only sister). Inside were these very cute and fun containers....



....my boys were so excited to see that it was a count down to Christmas. Below is what they had to do for the 1st Day of Christmas....



Merry Christmas everyone...Thanks to my sister!