Celebrity Parents Reese Witherspoon Shares Cuddly Christmas Photo of Her 3 Kids: 'Where I Want to Be ... with My Family' The actress spreads holiday cheer to her followers while she and her loved ones are "laughing" and "enjoying each other's company" by a fire and a sparkling tree By Georgia Slater Georgia Slater Georgia Slater is an associate editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 24, 2021 05:03PM EST Photo: Reese Witherspoon/Instagram Reese Witherspoon is in the right place at the right time — Christmastime, that is. "Where I want to be. With my family. By a fire. Laughing. Enjoying each other's company," she wrote in an Instagram caption for photo of her sons Tennessee, 9, and Deacon, 18, who are cuddled up in front of a sparkling Christmas tree with their sister Ava, 22. Witherspoon, 45, posted the photo on Friday and included a message to followers from her family, which includes husband Jim Toth, 51. "Sending you & your dearest HUGE holiday hugs!" she added. "From our family to yours." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Witherspoon recently opened up about motherhood and raising her three kids in a conversation with Gayle King for InStyle magazine's December/January 2022 cover story. "My first, most important priority is my kids. If I told you how much space in my brain they take up every day— do you even think they know, Gayle? I don't even think they know," she said. Reese Witherspoon Smiles with Husband Jim Toth and All 3 Kids in Sweet Thanksgiving Photo The actress also discussed whether her kids plan to follow in her Hollywood footsteps. "It's an odd situation because I didn't grow up famous. So [Ava is] living an experience that I did not have, and so are my sons," she explains. "We are lucky enough to have friends who grew up in Hollywood and can help give them advice on how to navigate. Ava is so down-to-earth. She wants to do great things in the world. She's studying and learning and trying to find herself. It's a big thing in life to try different things and figure out what is really your path." Reese Witherspoon/Instagram The family of four recently spent Thanksgiving together and snapped a sweet photo together at their gathering. "Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 🍂🧡🍁," the Oscar winner captioned her post.