'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas Eve is a pretty tradition packed day for the Scholl Family! This year was no different! We take care of the last minute things, grocery store, a little wrapping, and the annual Christmas Eve photo with Santa! We visit Santa at the mall - this year it was Stonebriar. Santa was looking especially cute and healthy with his rosy cheeks! The best part was there was NO LINE!!

Just the kids get in the picture. We missed Ashley, Sam and Parker this year, but were happy to have Rachel join us!

We wandered the mall for a bit, picked up our Chicken Nugget party tray at Chik Fil A and made our way home (in a snow storm- more on that later).

Our traditional Christmas Eve meal is fondue! We've had all kinds of variations over the years, including - oil, broth, cheese, and chocolate! We kept it simple this year, but had a great meal with way too much food.

Rachel, Jon and Drew enjoying the fondue!

Then later, Santa stops by and leaves some packages. One for each of us. We can count on Santa each year to bring us some new jammies to wear to bed on Christmas Eve. This year, even with the blowing snow, he made it to our door!

Molly and Will with the Christmas Eve gifts.

Santa showed great Prosper Spirit this year with matching PJ Pants for everyone!

Plaid Prosper Eagle pajama pants were a hit with this crowd!

We finished the evening with our traditional reading of the beautiful story of the birth of Christ. Jon and I were happy to get to bed earlier than is past years! What a wonderful day.

Christmas Eve

I know...it's the middle of January. I really have thought about blogging many times since my last post. It seems that every time I sit down at my computer (in my really comfy down chair) to work on the blog, I fall asleep. Maybe I shouldn't put on my warm jammies and get my really soft blanket first. Anyway, I digress.


Christmas Eve was really fun. We took the traditional kids photo with Santa early in the day. It was a bummer not having Ashley and Sam with us.


We had our traditional Christmas Eve fondue party. This year we tried a couple new recipes. I think maybe we used a bit too much alcohol in the cheese fondue! It tasted great!


Our good friend (and honorary son) Chris DuBois came over to spend the evening with us. He's a great guy and really loves the Karate Kid movies. Having Chris on Christmas Eve is another wonderful tradition. He's not allowed to make other plans.


We enjoyed the reading of the story of the birth of Christ. This year Will and Molly took turns reading from the Bible. The best part was when Molly was reading about the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary. She read, "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus," when Will chimed in with, "Why'd HE get to name the baby??" It was a really memorable moment.


We sang Christmas Carols around the piano and Lucy played for us.

Santa left jammies for everyone, as usual. It was a great night!

Cheese?