Christmas Season

This Christmas season was a busy one for us.

We kept up our annual tradition of going to pick out our tree (on December 7th) and heading to Primanti's for dinner.

Cold night for picking out a tree

Decorating time

It was Tommy's year to put the star up

 Grace goofing off at the mall

Tim took the kids to see The Nutcracker at the Palace on Saturday, December 11th.

Rennie & Associates had their Christmas dinner at Sunset Cafe this year. It was as good as always and everyone had fun with the gift exchange.

We celebrated Christmas morning with presents and mimosas. The kids loved everything they got (if you can't tell by the pictures.

Sprinkling Reindeer food so Santa could find us

Grace was so excited about her new desk & chair

Tommy was excited about his XBox

 

Polar Express

On December 2nd, the 4 of us went to Ohio to ride the Polar Express.

Sydney Crosby (our elf) brought tickets for all of us to go. The kids just watched the movie the week before and they couldn't wait to go on the train.

Tickets and jammies from the elf

Once we were all seated, the train headed to the North Pole. On the ride there, elves passed out hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, while Mrs. Claus read the story to us.

Waiting to start our journey

Following along with the story

Looking for Santa at the North Pole

On the way back, all the kids sand Christmas carols and Santa Claus came to visit each kid and handed them a bell at the end of the conversation.

What a fun evening!