Christmas Eve Dinner at the Grove Park Inn 2012

As is our tradition, the entire family (including Oma and Papa as well as Auntie April and Ben) have a wonderful meal at the Grove Park Inn's Blue Ridge Dining Room after Christmas Eve Mass.

Then it was time to check out the Grove Park Inn's special themed Christmas trees!

Annie in front of "Annie's Bird Tree"

Then it was time to check out the Gingerbread House Competition.  Here are the girls in front of my very favorite gingerbread house:  the Nativity!

Another favorite of Annie's:  a bunny!

This one is destined to be Grandpa's favorite:  the real Yule Log.

Then the girls and I started a new tradition, ... as the crowds dwindled, we did "jumpin' hugs" in the long, beautiful hallway near the Great Hall. (I had to throw the camera down pretty fast in order to catch the girls after I took these pictures.)  Jumpin' hugs have been something special the girls and I have shared for a long, long time.