Family Christmas

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with my dad's side of the family. The day was filled with lots of chatting, food, presents, and fun! I wish that we all (there were 22 of us this year!) could get together more often. We always have a blast.

My cousins: Barbi, Beth, and Becky

Beth and Alex
We are so excited that Barbi was able to join us this year. She was unable to come the last several years. We loved getting to introduce her to Ethan and Ryan.

Uncle Jim, Uncle Leonard, and Alex chattingThe kids had a lot of fun opening their gifts
Ryan was hilarious. He absolutely loved the Dora the Explorer doll that we gave Katelyn. He was fascinated with her hair and large eyes and crawled over to the doll repeatedly.

Here he is lunging for the doll once again. Katelyn was so gracious to share Dora with him all day!

The kids were anxious to play with their new toys.

Cindy had a great idea to play Bingo with white elephant gifts this year. Each time someone got a Bingo, they could either select a wrapped white elephant gift or "steal" someone else's gift that had already been opened.
Cameron did a great job calling out the letter/number combos
Barbi opened a Chia Pet Christmas tree...which Dan later stole.

Dad opened a kitchen towel. Mom was thrilled (she loves kitchen towels)!Uncle Leonard opened the funniest gift of the evening...

a talking Barack Obama Christmas ornament. (Uncle Leonard is very conservative)
Aunt Barb and Aunt Joanne posed with the Obama ornament
Ethan thought it was neat to get to play Bingo too (the kids played for gifts but did not take part in the "stealing")

It was a wonderful day of family-filled fun! Thanks so much for hosting everyone and for such a great time John and Cindy!