Christmas Eve

We have a special tradition of going to Aunt Darla & Uncle Kurt's house on Christmas Eve. This year, Ben was very excited to share his joy of having pet hermit crabs with the family. He would grab someone's hand and say, "let me show you my hermit crabs." Then he would proceed to introduce them and teach the meaning of nocturnal (mama & daddy are teachers...he gets it honest). So much joy in our little man's heart...it was precious to watch.

We had a ton of amazing food! Jeremy and I brought sausage balls...we used this recipe which calls for cream cheese...it made a world of difference and all but 6 out of 84 were eaten. We used mild sausage for one batch and hot sausage for another. Uncle Kurt made venison burgers. Yum! We also had pigs in a blanket, pasta salad, spinach dip, cookies and plenty of wine.

Ben scored some awesome gifts. Train cars, dvds, books, and my favorite, Chick-Fil-A gift cards. My mama gave us a Keurig and tons of k-cup samples.

We are blessed for sure. Here are some pictures from our time at Aunt Darla's.

Shelly & George....Ben's pet hermit crabs

Ben introducing George & Shelly to Uncle Rick

BPE Preschool Christmas Party

Ben really enjoyed his reindeer-themed Christmas party at preschool today! The kids made jingle bell necklaces, reindeer food, played Bingo & pin the nose on the reindeer, enjoyed story time, songs and yummy snacks! We have been super blessed with this preschool family.

Jingle Bell 5K

We had so much fun at the Jingle Bell 5K tonight! It was Ben's first 5K distance! Jeremy actually raced, while Ben and I walked, ran, and stopped for pictures with Christmas decorations! Jeremy did very well...2nd place in his age group! We are so proud of him. After the race, we went over to Karen and Jeanette's house for chili and cookies. Ben and Jayden had a blast playing trains together!

Jayden and Ben

We had fun at the race with the Pillers!

Landon, Bella and Ben before the race

The kids loved the birthday cake for Jesus!

Karen and me

The FHS running group! I love working with these people!

Ben and Landon after the race with their medals

I pushed Ben and Bella in the stroller during the race and they loved stopping to look and take pictures with the Christmas decorations!

Dinner at Chili's

Jeremy and I met up with some friends from work tonight for dinner at Chili's. It's so much fun to get together outside of work! We had the best time and laughed A LOT! I love working with this group of people!

My friend, Lisa! She is so much fun to work with!