On Christmas day we celebrated with my dad's side of the family. We decided to have brunch and had our gathering at the Arboretum Visitors Center as we have grown so much as a family its nice to have one big room for us to all be together. As always we had quite the spread of food to choose from for our brunch. It was all delicious and very hard to not over eat!
After every one was done eating we continued on with our tradition of the same gift exchange we do with my mom's side of the family. This family is a little better about stealing and it can get quite fun.
We were so blessed to be able to spend this Christmas together as a family with only my cousin Angie and her boyfriend missing.
After every one was done eating we continued on with our tradition of the same gift exchange we do with my mom's side of the family. This family is a little better about stealing and it can get quite fun.
The little cousins had a blast running and chasing after each other.
The buffet line, with Uncle Loren deciding what he had room for yet! :)
Grama Verni and Baby Caleb
Jeff and Jacob
The desert and punch table!
Denver and Makenna seranading us, if you can call that seranading that is!
Denver and my cousin Ashley hit it off quite well this year!
My dad discussing, along with the other men what to pick or steal....I think there may be a discussion of a steal going on here with my dad and Evan if I remember correctly.
My dad finally choosing a gift....that ended up getting stolen from him!
Kenna and Caleb playing!
My mom has gifts for the little ones at each of our family Christmas' since they are too little to participate in our "game". At this Christmas she gave them scrapbooks of the sale and history leading up to the sale. These books will be coveted by them for life, I'm sure.
Denver opening his book under the table by Ashley. He hid under the table during the majority of our gift game exchange as he was afraid some one would throw him out in a snow bank (thanks Uncle Aaron who scared him of this a different day and got it stuck in his head!). Ashley was his guard! :)
The kids looking through their books that they absolutely loved and continue to today.
My Grandma with her 4 kids!
We were so blessed to be able to spend this Christmas together as a family with only my cousin Angie and her boyfriend missing.
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