Christmas Eve

 We didn't all have your typical Christmas Eve activities...at least during part of the day.  Joshua, as you can see, had a new....shooting apparatus.

He'd been wanting one.

He wanted everyone to go to the shooting range.  Some of us went, some of us didn't.

 He was showing Emily the finer points of using a gun.

 She did everything he told her...

 At the range, Joshua was obviously the very best...but Emily was pretty good, too...as was Gabe and Donnie...and Ron said he was the worst.

Judy didn't go...

or Lindsey....

or Eliza...

 Benjamin had bought presents all by himself!

He was busy wrapping them...with the help of his Mama...

 In the evening, most of us went to our Christmas Eve service.  Emerson looked so adorable!  He was all dressed up with his button down shirt tucked into his jeans...and his hair combed.  I had to have a picture with him and his mama!

His cousins had fallen asleep...so they didn't go.  Well, William ended up going...asleep.

Sleeping Benjamin stayed home with his uncles.   :(

 After church, we all sat around visiting for a good while...

 UJ, Uncle Joshua, looked like he was all ready for bed...

 I have no idea what Gabe was telling Emerson...

in his footie pajamas...

 William was now awake...

hanging out with his Daddy...

Emerson was thinking no one should stay up too late...

 Eliza was probably just trying to follow the conversations going on...

 and hopefully, enjoying being with all of us...

Emerson and his Uncle Joshua smiled when it was time...

time to sleep on Christmas Eve...