Reilly Christmas 2021

 

Jenna made over 100 sausage stars!  Grandma was very thankful for her help...as were the rest of us when we ate them.  :)

Christmas breakfast preparations

Mark loves viewing old slides...so Santa brought him a vintage slide projector!

Such a peaceful morning, full of anticipation

Nicole brought Chris this year.  Great guy!

The infamous paper crowns

Stockings before breakfast

Crazy cousins!

Love this...especially Charlie's expression with Papa's hands near his neck! 

The quality control team

Oh, Uncle Mark!

The expression!!  No idea what that was all about.

Quality control...a day ahead of time!  I think was just to tease Mark.

Chillicothe Christian Church

 I love it when the kids use their gifts for specific purposes.

Jenna was asked to play keyboard for the little ones while they sang at church.

Our Christmas Morning 2021

 

When all is still silent in the early morning...

The breakfast table is ready.

Reilly and Miller family gifts are ready to travel next week.

Merry Christmas, sleepy heads!

Matching jammies this year for the girls!

Socks to match everyone's personalities!

New lunchboxes for new schools

Jenna's big gift was her chrome-book for Liberty Prep.

Jamie received a stand-up paddle board/kayak for use down in North Carolina.

Jenna gave Jacob a musical Elvis plate.

The guys' big gifts were Bag Boy golf bags, hopefully for a new hobby down in NC.

I had to show off my new crocs, purse, beach towel, and Maui Jim sunglasses!

For our basketball guy...Jacob gave him a new ball.

Charlie's turn!

 Charlie baked Aunt Susan's famous recipe of peanut butter cookies, wrapped around snickers bars!  They turned out perfectly, and they're going fast!

Painting Party!

 Denise invited Jenna and me to a painting party.  The party was a fund-raiser for Freedom Paws. The picture we were to paint looked pretty complicated, but they break it down step-by-step, and we did it!!

One Final Visit

 Little Sophia spent one last weekend with us.  We will miss this sweet girl, her mama, and her sister.

That hair!  She's so gorgeous, and she loved playing with the nativity.

Frosting cookies with Jenna, Sophia took them all home.

A Night In Bethlehem with Rachel and Alysse Collins

Jacob, Doug, and Scott made great wise men.

Denise was the innkeeper.

Kyle, Megan, and baby Aina

She even got to watch Charlie's last basketball game.

More basketball

 Charlie's basketball season was short due to our impending move to NC, but he loved every minute of it.  At the final game, Coach gave him a starting position. Charlie was so surprised!