On Christmas Eve after our Church service our Colville kids got ready for Santa’s arrival.
They enjoyed Christmas morning on their own before Jamie’s family arrived for Christmas breakfast and gift exchange.
We were at our home preparing for Christmas dinner and waiting for our westside and Colville kids to arrive for our festivities.
Our westside kids pulled into the driveway minutes apart at 2:13 and 2:26 on Christmas day.
Our Colville kids headed to our place at about 2:51. By 3:15 we were all together and ready for our Christmas Meal.
Gramps read the Christmas story from the Bible in Luke 2 while we waited for the Yorkshire Pudding to cook. After our prayer for our meal we served up our Prime Rib, Yorkshire Pudding, Creamed Corn, Roasted Vegetables, and Brussels Sprouts salad and enjoyed this once a year treat together.
Before dessert we opened stockings and presents.
After all the presents were opened it was time for dessert.
Jamie with some inspiration from Addy and JJ made a Happy Birthday Cake for Jesus with a chocolate creche and marshmallow and candy Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Shepherd, sheep, shepherd crooks (candy canes), and the three wise men still on their journey.
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
We also enjoyed the Russian Roolyet (nut roll) that we (Jamie, Addy, JJ and me) made on Monday afternoon.
After dessert we took photos and enjoyed playing with some of the gifts.
We enjoyed every minute with each other and we made plans for our traditional breakfast on Boxing day before our Colville kids headed home for the night and our household retired for the evening. It is always a treat to have our guest bedrooms full with our children from the Westside.
More posts coming for our Boxing day adventures, Katie’s birthday, and our Saturday finale before our westside kids traveled over the mountains for home.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Beautiful family and Christmas photos. Happy times for all!
Take care and enjoy these last days of 2024. I wish you all the best in 2025, Happy New Year!
Thank you, Eileen. God bless you in 2025!
…beautiful family portraits galore! Have a Healthy and Happy New Year.
Thank you, Tom. The best to you in 2025!
Beautiful family pictures! We completely forgot to take photos until the evening and we were all too crashed on sugar and excitement to take a decent picture.
Willow, it is easy to forget photos when you are in the midst!
What a lovely family you have! Looks like a happy time together and the desserts look especially good. Happy new year to you all!
Thank you, Joyce!
A grand Christmas celebration filled with many grand memories!
Mary, it was grand. Thank you for stopping by and all your comments! Happy 2025!
The kids look so cute and the family together too! I love that you read the Christmas story. Yum on the prime rib. We made one the week before when we had Adam, Gabby and James over.. We go by them on Christmas day. The family pictures are beautiful. (We never do those and we must start) What a lovely day you had. Happy New Year!
Debby, Thank you for stopping by and commenting. Glad you could celebrate with your kids and James! Happy 2025 to you!
Lovely photos of a lovely Christmas celebration! You are great at capturing all the moments in photos Ellen! Sending you and yours best wishes for 2025!
Martha Ellen, Thank you, We have our DIL to thank for capturing the moments! Happy 2025 to you and yours!
Looks like everyone had a wonderful time.
An amazing birthday cake for Jesus. 🙂
Karen, Addy and JJ have their thoughts about how the Happy Birthday Jesus Cake should look. Thanks for stopping by in 2024. Happy 2025 to you!
A beautiful celebration and a joy to see your photos. The birthday cake for Jesus, very special indeed.
Denise, thank you and all the best in 2025 for you and your family!
A lovely Christmas from beginning to end, Ellen! Beautiful family pic’s!
Judy, Thank you. Happy New year to you and yours!
What a wonderful Christmas celebration with all you kids! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Wonderful photos! How precious!
Thank you, Maristella.
What a lovely Christmas Day with all of the right elements . . . and so delightful that you could all be together! I love the cake with the nativity, the junior photographer, and your pretty black top (or dress?)!
Cheryl, it is so good to be together. Thank you for you kind comments. That was a top and not a dress. 🙂