The two days felt festive indeed, despite a lack of snow. Brittany made this impressive fruit tree as part of our Christmas Eve Day breakfast. A lot of the day was then spent outside. We went geocaching around Pioneer Park and then a group went golfing in the afternoon. We had fondu dinner and dessert. Then, once dinner was all cleaned up, we congregated downstairs for some fun on Ethan and Megan's Wii fit which was followed by a Christmas program. After our Nativity reenactment and lots of songs, the kids hurried to bed so that moms and dads could play games and help Santa get things set up.
Christmas day was nice and simple. We opened gifts, enjoyed a big potluck midday Christmas dinner, played with toys, and went to the park. Grace really lucked out because her cousins, Sydni and Kourtni, both got make-up kits from Santa. Grace had two attentive "stylists" (she seriously called them that) and spent the day feeling incredibly beautiful.
4 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun. Did you just have a casual dinner on Christmas instead of a big spread? Cameron's family is having some growing pains and we need to learn to do things different now that we are so much bigger in size. Nice to see a different idea.
Melissa- It was still a pretty big spread. (Though, when you've got 25 people, every meal is a pretty big spread.) Cori's mom and step-dad did tri-tip and there was also a ham. The rest of us volunteered for appetizers, sides, and salads. It got a little crowded in the kitchen, but doing it potluck-style worked really well for our large group.
Looks like you had a wonderful time. Families are the best!
What a fun (and warm) holiday! I'm glad you got to be with family. That is priceless. I love all of these pictures. You are so handy behind a camera, Jesse. And your kids are just beautiful.
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