Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve! We all gathered at Black Butte Ranch -- the Vees arrived the evening prior and everyone else on the 24th. After lunch, it was time for the serious business of making Christmas cookies.

The littlest cook.
See? Serious business.
Busy in the kitchen.
Aunt and nephew.
These guys stayed away from the kitchen relaxed.
A break to go outside and play in the snow!

Then back to the cookies -- time to cut them out into different shapes.

iPhone love.
Merry Christmas from the Vees to you!
The stockings were hung by the chimney stairs with care...
In the hopes that St. Nicolas would soon be there.
A little boy in his new polar bear pajamas, leaving out milk and cookies for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer.
Reading the night before Christmas book before bed.