Although most of our faithful readers were there to witness it, I will give a very brief recap of our Christmas festivities. We were invited to Big K's house for Christmas Eve. We had a lovely dinner and some lively conversation with Blair, Russell, Ella, and Gracie. We even got to witness Mac Rae, the budding photographer, doing his stuff with Big K's camera.
It snowed Christmas Eve, so it really did seem like Christmas. Sarah and her family got home around 11:00AM Christmas Day, and the real fun started. We finally got a critical mass assembled and opened some presents in the early afternoon. Jake was really happy that Santa brought him some "guys", in this case Spiderman and the Green Goblin.
Katie and Lydia had matching jammies when they arrived, and spent the day looking cute no matter what they did.
Katie got an entire assortment of princess shoes, which will work wonderfully at dress-up time.
Of course there were the usual grown up presents too. Everyone was very excited to open one of Bubby's boxes and find either pink (which Sarah is celebrating with)
or blue (Matt's favorite) bags full of the year's supply of personal wear. This has been a Christmas tradition, passed down from Grandma Jane, that everyone enjoys. I even received a much needed restocking.
Andrew, Daniel, and Rosalyn arrived in the early afternoon, and though the house was rocking a rolling with the activity of the cousins, it was fun to be together. Andrew got this cool backpack from Bubby for his birthday. He is scheduled to visit Disneyland in January and I fear he will feel betrayed when he realizes that his cool backpack is actually a leash that will be used to restrain his youthful enthusiasm in the Magic Kingdom. I made it clear that the gift was from Bubby, not Poppy.
Auntie Nell, Uncle Roland, Jana's family, and Jodie's family all stopped by for a visit and some desert. Our slow cooked meat was not quite finished, so we had dessert first, something a promote whenever possible. Although dinner was late, everyone ate plenty and especially liked the twice-baked potatoes (for you, Jana).
One of the favorite toys that Andrew got was this cool race set that, as you can see, had everyone of the cousins involved. There were many heats of races with different people pushing the button. However, there are only three cars and four cousins. Not to be discouraged, The Ly took up the role of cheerleader and if you watch the video you will feel her excitement at watching the cars run their short course.
We have so much to be grateful for, and we had a wonderful time with our family. We love you all.
Buboppy
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