It's almost time!!!

Burrrr, Baby it's Cold Outside!  On day 23, we drove back to Poway and bundled up to go down to one of our favorite neighborhoods down the street from us, to check out the lights.  Some of these houses are just beautiful!

The kids enjoyed candy canes as we pulled them along. 

And good thing we bundled them up, it was cold!  Ok, for those of you that live in IL, it was not THAT cold. :)  But cold for us, I think it was in the mid 50s!

Candy canes!

Look at this house!  I can't even begin to imagine what their electric bill would be for the month of December.!!

Cute family!

And Tatum took this picture of us from the wagon.  Great shot Tatum!

In all these pictures, it looks like we're the only ones walking these streets but it was packed!  So many people in their cars, driving by, and so many on the streets.  There were places selling food, hot cocoa,...

and you can see the house next to this one even had a karaoke machine set up with a huge screen where you could come up and sing Christmas carols!  I tried to talk Tatum into doing it but she wouldn't have it. :)

I tried to capture us all here, I guess I got us but Tatum laughed because she said she stuck out her tongue. :)  What a fun night!

When we got home, we let the kids pick one present to open and they said they wanted to open Aunt Diane's gift, since she always gives the best gifts. :)  Here's Tatum in her new pjs with matching dolly pjs, and her light up lady bug!  Great way to end the night!

Christmas Eve!  Day 24 was a bustle of excitement!  Everyone had gifts to still wrap and stores to run to. :)  But by 3:00, it was time to get ready for mass.  Ty and Daddy sacrificed their church time to stay home and do the cooking.  But the girls got dressed up and made it to church, saying a prayer for everyone.

After a delicious dinner of lobster tail, jalapeno creamed corn and a rice dish, we all opened one gift (a new pair of pjs) that we quickly jumped into.  Garrett was nice enough to model the new pair of pj pants I bought. :)

Of course he's pulled them up over his belly button and we all we're laughing up a storm! :)

But here we are, even Cali and Harley got in the picture.  Merry Christmas Eve!!!

And then it was time to get Santa's cookies and milk set out and head to bed.  We also got some reindeer food mix from a neighbor to sprinkle on our lawn that attracts the reindeer.  So exciting!  And off to bed and soon to be Christmas morning!