The very best material gift we could receive as parents is a hand made gift. Dylan has made several wonderful decorations at pre-school and childcare but this one is so very special! As you can see it is a piece of candy, decorated with his little hand prints and this very cute poem! Dylan has his own Holiday tree on the kitchen table hung with his wonderful crafts! Thanks buddy!
Christmas Eve morning we awoke to this! Several inches of white, fluffy snow. It was just beautiful!
As the day went on the more snow fell. It was falling fast but it didn't deter our Christmas Eve celebration plans.
Our Christmas Eve tradition started with my Dad when I was very young. It is a tradition that Brad started joining us in when we started dating and now that we have our own family, we have continued the tradition that is very special to us! We headed to Christmas Eve mass at St. Pius at 4pm. It is so special for Brad and I to go to mass at the place where we were married. There is no other church Christmas service that gives us quite the same feeling as the place we were wed!
We came out and the snow was still falling! So pretty!
After Church, our tradition continued with dinner at the Olive Garden...yum! Dylan was very excited to go to dinner, and after a busy day at home and a wonderful mass our tummy's were hungry for some delicious Italian food!
After dinner our tradition continued with a drive thru Cedar Memorial cemetery. Even before our precious baby boy was laid to rest, this was a part of our tradition. There are many friends laid to rest there as well as my Grandparents. Now it is even more special making this stop as we spend the time wishing our precious baby boy a very Merry Christmas in heaven. The lights are beautiful.
And after the lights at the cemetery our tradition continued with a stop at Brad's parents house to celebrate with them. This was the first time we have celebrated there with both kids. We had our red Santa bag loaded with gifts and we were ready to get indoors and thaw out from the elements outside!
Dylan and Uncle Tony reading Christmas stories!
Daddy giving Danielle some loves under the Christmas tree!
Dylan was very excited to open the first of his Christmas gifts!
In Danielle's stocking she got a pink tiara, we put that on her right away. Very fitting for our princess!
Dylan helping Grandpa Holub open his gift from us!
And Brad's Mom loved the handmade with love calender from the kids, each month has great festive pictures of the kids.
It seemed the little stinker Dylan had his hand in helping everyone open their gifts! Here he is helping Uncle Nick and Aunt Sarah.
And by the end of gift opening, everyone has a bow on their head!
Danielle just loved her bumble bee pillow pet!
Dylan got quite a few big presents!
And after all the gifts were opened the kids had some play time. Dylan loves his new Memory Cars game! And he is amazingly good at it too!
Dylan was very silly putting actual 'stockings' on his feet!
We got home just before midnight. The kids were all ready snug in their pj's ready for bed. But not before we put out reindeer food and cookies and milk for Santa!
And the next morning we awoke to see.....indeed Santa did make a stop!
The look on their faces when Dylan runs into the living room and then into our room to say that SANTA has come......is precious, so very precious!
Santa brought festive ears for the kids! Silly Santa.
Our little snowflake!
We opened gifts, had breakfast, opened a few of the toys Santa brought and enjoyed the morning! The parades on TV were on and Dylan loved watching his favorite characters!
That afternoon we headed to Brad's Grandma Holub's for her Annual Christmas gathering. It was really nice to see a good amount of the family all at one time! Auntie Rae got in some snuggles and put Danielle right to sleep!
And after the lights at the cemetery our tradition continued with a stop at Brad's parents house to celebrate with them. This was the first time we have celebrated there with both kids. We had our red Santa bag loaded with gifts and we were ready to get indoors and thaw out from the elements outside!
Dylan and Uncle Tony reading Christmas stories!
Daddy giving Danielle some loves under the Christmas tree!
Dylan was very excited to open the first of his Christmas gifts!
In Danielle's stocking she got a pink tiara, we put that on her right away. Very fitting for our princess!
Dylan helping Grandpa Holub open his gift from us!
And Brad's Mom loved the handmade with love calender from the kids, each month has great festive pictures of the kids.
It seemed the little stinker Dylan had his hand in helping everyone open their gifts! Here he is helping Uncle Nick and Aunt Sarah.
And by the end of gift opening, everyone has a bow on their head!
Danielle just loved her bumble bee pillow pet!
Dylan got quite a few big presents!
And after all the gifts were opened the kids had some play time. Dylan loves his new Memory Cars game! And he is amazingly good at it too!
Dylan was very silly putting actual 'stockings' on his feet!
We got home just before midnight. The kids were all ready snug in their pj's ready for bed. But not before we put out reindeer food and cookies and milk for Santa!
And the next morning we awoke to see.....indeed Santa did make a stop!
The look on their faces when Dylan runs into the living room and then into our room to say that SANTA has come......is precious, so very precious!
Santa brought festive ears for the kids! Silly Santa.
Our little snowflake!
We opened gifts, had breakfast, opened a few of the toys Santa brought and enjoyed the morning! The parades on TV were on and Dylan loved watching his favorite characters!
That afternoon we headed to Brad's Grandma Holub's for her Annual Christmas gathering. It was really nice to see a good amount of the family all at one time! Auntie Rae got in some snuggles and put Danielle right to sleep!
After a yummy lunch feast there were more presents! 
Dylan opening his first gift from Cassie!
And then the boys took their traditional spots around the bar and the kids played their heart out. Dylan loved this Sit n Spin! Too funny watching him spin and spin, round and round!
Grandma Holub handing out all of the gifts for the little kids first!
All of the Uncles and cousins found their seats at the bar!
Dylan got this super fun guitar from Great Grandma! It is a HIT, what a perfect gift!
Dylan opening his first gift from Cassie!
And then the boys took their traditional spots around the bar and the kids played their heart out. Dylan loved this Sit n Spin! Too funny watching him spin and spin, round and round!
Grandma Holub handing out all of the gifts for the little kids first!
All of the Uncles and cousins found their seats at the bar!
Dylan got this super fun guitar from Great Grandma! It is a HIT, what a perfect gift! Thanks Great Grandma Holub!
Christmas evening we headed over to my Aunt Ellie's house for more Christmas fun! They had lots of fun gifts for the kids!
And he got Mickey's Party Band instruments, perfect to go along with his guitar!
Christmas evening we headed over to my Aunt Ellie's house for more Christmas fun! They had lots of fun gifts for the kids!
And he got Mickey's Party Band instruments, perfect to go along with his guitar! Danielle got lots of fun gifts too! A musical book and fun hair bows and some really comfy jammies! We love going over to Aunt Ellie's, we have such a great time and the kids love playing with their cousins. It was a great wind down to a very special Christmas Day 2010. Towards the end of the night the girls went out and looked at Christmas lights and Daddy stayed back with the kids and boys. Danielle was all snug in front of a nice warm fireplace enjoying the view from the fire.
We were very blessed this Holiday Season. We were together as a family. While some of our family was miles away they were with us in spirit. The blanket of fresh snow just brought tears to my eyes, it was a true white Christmas and could not have been more beautiful for our day. We were with our family and our children had a very special Christmas this year. We are truly blessed!~
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