Christmas Eve at Baba and Pappy's

We went to Christmas Eve Mass and then ate our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at Baba and Pappy's to start off our holiday festivities. The kids all liked the oplutki (sorry Mom, not sure how to spell that), and Maddie actually asked for seconds of the sauerkraut soup - something I didn't start liking until about two years ago!


The kids helped Great-grandpappy P open his presents - Alina is holding her favorite Nutcracker.


Alina, Maddie, and Pappy. The girls are holding the angel boxes Pappy made for them.


Nicholas being "Notre Dame - Fighting Irish!" Pappy made him this awesome equipment hanger - for all you PSU fans out there, he also made a Penn State decoration (and a Duke decoration) to hang in Nicholas' room. That made the Notre Dame item slightly more bearable to Ian.



The kiddos with Aunt Kelly.


Our yearly family photo on the couch.