We love being up in UT for Christmas Eve. It's so much fun to spend that time with both our families celebrating the holiday season. We always start the night out with a big family party at the McDougal's house with all of Mike's siblings and their families. Here are Connor and cousin Kamree helping Grandma McDougal decorate a tree with their homemade decorations (pics of the grandkids over the years, etc)...
Connor and cousin Tallin playing with Grandma's famous Christmas Village!!!
And of course our yearly tradition of pictures in front of Grandma McDougal's pretty tree!
Shawn, Brady and Connor:
Our family (with one more on the way!):
Grandma and Grandpa with all their grandchildren!
Connor ended up getting sick (fever) part way through the night and fell asleep like this on the couch while were opening presents. Poor kiddo! He always gets croup cough and a fever (due to his asmtha prone lungs) whenever we visit UT in the winter with its cold, yucky weather!
After the party was over at McDougal's we headed back over to the Reid's house to sleep for the night and wake up Christmas morning with them. Connor was still not feeling good at all but we tried to get a quick pick of us all in our new Christmas pj's before putting him to bed! We all got Cardinal shirts/pj's this year! So fun!!
Hanging out Christmas eve, all Emily's brothers, her dad, and Shawn decided a back rubbing train was in order! hahaha!
They're so silly!
Quick pic of all the Reid family - Mom & dad with all 8 of their kids! Hardly ever happens that we are all together at the same time anymore! And funny everyone ended up with red pajamas this year! lol! (well, besides Emily's cardinals and Aaron's Eagles!)
(ignore the big preggo belly sticking out in the middle of the picture! haha!)
And that ends the night's festivities! Time for bed and then Christmas!!!
