chritmas eve

we stayed with chads cousin, taylor and molly and their almost 2 yr old. brinley loved callen. she would always yell his name whenever she saw him :) "cahyennnn!!" brinley loves her waffles in the morning and even shared some with us!!

christmas eve~ we were a little late to the service at church and there were no seats left!! we werent sure what to do, but were able to squeeze in a row with some of chads family. i had to leave part way through cuz this little cutie was not being quiet. the dress i had for her i didnt realize it was too small! i had been saving it ever since auntie shell gave it to her...i was so sad when i put it on her and it wouldnt button! so we improvised...

after the service we went to Liz and Carls for an italian dinner. the food was sooo good. chicken parm, stuffed shells, noodles and sauce, bread salad and more!! 

so, i tried to get pictures of these two before hand and it just was not happening (callen) . somehow i got this one! even though callen is half dressed and maelyns dress is all up. ha! oh well. 

all the kids in the family picked a name and bought a gift for that cousin. they had fun!