24 Hours of "Ralphie" is here, YAY!!!!

What a great Christmas Eve it was this year.....unfortunately, Colin had a terrible cold and was a snotty mess, so he and I stayed home and didn't make it to church w/ Brenton and Ethan, but what a wonderful service (I watched online).  The negative to that was, I didn't get to see Ethan take part in the service, as one of the children up on stage listening to "The Christmas Tree" story!  Our plans changed this morning, due to the boys and their coughs/colds, that we figured we'd watch online before heading out to the Shroyer Christmas.  Well, Ethan begged and begged to go to "his chorch" that we couldn't not go, even if that meant, it would only be Daddy with him!  Anyway, it was so cute from the pictures Brenton got (I'll post in the Christmas album) of him listening so intently to the story and from what I hear, he danced his little heart out in the aisle, too.....I guess he was quite the show!!!  LOL  This time of year, is such a fun one and meaningful all at the same time. The boys bring so much joy and make the season so magical.....we are doing our best to teach them the "real" meaning of the season, as well!  Ethan is so into it and Jesus' birthday, he's such a great little boy!!!  Colin, obviously has no idea, but he makes us smile as we watch him do things "his" way....lol  I'm kind of curious how tomorrow morning will go, b/c he has NO interest in unwrapping gifts.....loves the gifts, but hates opening them, hahaha.....he's so fun!!!!!  Anyway, I'm sitting here watching 24 hours of 'A Christmas Story' and watching "Ralphie" is definitely a holiday tradition, as well.....I do believe Santa has already made it to our house, b/c as I look down the hall, I see sparkling lights from the upstairs decorations that were turned off when we all went to bed ;), so I'm going to try to go to sleep, as I patiently wait for the boys to wake up.....man, I can't wait to see their faces in the morning ☺