Christmas Eve

For the 3rd year in a row we celebrated Christmas Eve at the Springgates. We had a wonderful time of course, with a gourmet meal. Our contributions were 2 Smitten Kitchen recipes, Cappuccino Fudge Cheesecake, which was a 4 hour ordeal to make, but totally worth it, and Balsamic Braised Brussels Sprouts, which was a 2 hour ordeal to make, and totally not worth it.

Liza of course set the bar high with a gorgeous table. She made the centerpiece herself.



Here was the table for the little girls, complete with homemade ornament party favors. Too cute! Chloe wore her Santa dress and hat, and looked adorable. . and had a great time playing with Franny, Bea and Annie.



Callum, 9 months, took August, 16 months, out, and Craig caught it on film.




And August had the funniest moment of the night when he rushed the girls table to try to get to the dessert! Callum was too busy trying to get a sip of Craig's beer to worry about the dessert . . ..


So thanks much to the hostess with the mostess, who found time to enjoy her holiday punch and enjoy the wonderful party she hosted for all of us!