First and foremost we hope you all had a WONDERFUL Christmas!!!
We started the Christmas weekend by going out to eat and looking at lights on Thursday night. There is one AWESOME neighborhood in Plano where almost every house has lights and there were a few that were timed to music. There were also horse carriages you could rent to look at the lights, that might be on the list for next year!
This was one of my favorite houses:
Caden and Chris really liked the ones that had Disney characters in the yard!
On Friday, Chris’s parents (Nana and Grandpa) and my Maw-Maw(dad’s mom) came into town. We had a relaxing night watching movies. There was a lot of snuggling time with Grandma and Nana.
I got to sleep in on Saturday (yay!!) while the kiddos watched Polar Express with Grandpa and Chris! It is now one of Caden’s favorite movies and since it is also on Chris’s Ipad it now goes to restaurants with us! We were trying to hold of on bringing electronics and toys to the table when we are eating, (at home that still exists) but that shipped has sailed when we wanted a peaceful dinner for our 2nd Annual Chinese food Christmas Eve outing. Ha!
We went to our church’s Christmas eve service Saturday night. It was AWESOME and completely packed! Maw-Maw, myself and Chris actually sat against the wall in the balcony it was so packed! But such a beautiful service. I absolutely love going to church on Christmas Eve, I think it is one of my favorite things. It is always so touching to revisit the true Christmas story and to celebrate the Birth of Christ our Lord. I manage to tear up, if not cry every Christmas Eve.
After our Chinese food we went back home to snap some pictures and open our Christmas PJ’s from Nana and Grandpa! A tradition, I love! 
And just because I wanted to share…..
The Mechsner family does NOT always have good pictures. MOST of the time this is what I am looking through at the end of the night, and I am lucky to get a completely good family photo.
Most of the time it’s the kids going crazy in the photo, that is to be expected.
And then other times, the picture is great, expect for the love of my life!! UGH!
A memorable moment listening to The Story of Christmas book, that Grandpa and Nana recorded for the kids.
Finally Christmas morning!! Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
Taylor got a rocking horse from Nana and Grandpa, but of course Caden was the first to ride it!
Taylor loved her nap mat
Nana and Grandpa gave each other the same present!! haha Since I knew it was coming, I had them open their gifts at the same time, pretty funny!
The last gift of the morning was a special one! Chris had no idea this was coming! He was completely shocked!!
Of course I didn’t see Chris again until it was time to cut the Turkey! haha
Caden and Maw Maw helped make Jesus’s Birthday cake! And then Caden went a little crazy with the sprinkles! 
Caden was in his room most of the day racing his cars on the wall! Thanks Aunt Sandy for the fun game, so far it has only fallen down twice! ha
We had The Hadley’s, The Glenn’s and The Bunting’s over Christmas Dinner. They are all dear friends to us and we were so blessed to have them join us!
The kiddos
The night ended with Maw Maw reading Caden his new book. And Chris and I taking a drive in the new truck!
We are so thankful for all our blessings! It was so fun to see the kids open gifts this year, Caden really got into it and Taylor just went around the room making sure she had a part in opening every gift!
