Can't believe we are well into the first week of January and I still haven't gotten my Christmas Day photos on the blog. Don't know if "late is better than never" but I'm posting them anyway.
We started Christmas day in church. Kristopher was guest organist and we really enjoyed that.
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| Asleep where he sits |
After running home to change and pick up our contribution to the family Christmas dinner (lunch), we made our way out to meet everyone at Mom and Dad's. We finished around 3:00 pm and then had Starr open her birthday presents and cards. I had been working on a patchwork quilt for her but had run out of time... it still had areas with incomplete quilting and it needed to have the edging done...but I gave it to her anyway. (I finally finished it yesterday.)
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| What an enthusiastic bunch! |
Napping, gabbing, walks, and playing in the park filled the afternoon. By evening we were ready to start the traditional family units photos by the tree...and then the gift exchange. My word, twenty-two people make for a lot of paper and ribbons!
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| Camera toting family being briefed by the peanut gallery |
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| With all the excitement we almost missed this glorious sunset |
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| The cousins |
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| The birthday girl, the eldest grandchild, and the only canine |
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| The baby of my family is the only sib that is a grandparent! |
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| Me and mine |
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| Finally to the important part of the evening! What a haul. |
No formal supper after all the over eating done earlier in the day, but some heavy duty grazing on leftovers took place... The deserts we had been too full to eat earlier were probably not the wisest food choices, but...they really looked good and tasted even better!
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| partial shot of game players...Geo in his new MN Viking sunhat |
Ben and Sarah broke out their "Apples to Apples" game and we did a lot of laughing, finally breaking it up when it was time to take the littlest one home for a very late bedtime.
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| what a bunch of hams |
Great pictures! Sounds like you had a wonderful time.
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