Christmas 2011

We had such a wonderful Christmas! We had the honor of hosting some of Derek’s family for the holiday and it really was perfect. Derek’s brother, sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew all drove from Portland on Christmas Eve and arrived around lunch time. They were immediately at home and family time began. We had a smorgasbord of food, football (or was it basketball?) on the TV, and some lazy, Christmasy hours commenced.

 The cousins made Evelyn a matching blanket and they all had fun playing

 We decorated Christmas cookies

 Read some stories

 Got ready for church

We had a lovely time at our church’s Christmas Eve service. Then we came home, had some dinner, did some Christmas crafts and got the kids settled down for bed (they were excited to sleep so Christmas would come sooner). After the kids were in the bed, the adults enjoyed some time drinking homemade kahlua and coffee (thanks, Marcie!), stuffing stockings, and staying up much too late.

Christmas crafts

Derek made homemade cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning but did all the prep work the night before so all we had to do was pop them in the oven the next day!

 Merry Christmas!

 Sophia and Alex patiently waited for Evelyn to wake up and for the adults to get coffee

 Grandma Kathy Skyped in to enjoy the gift opening

 Her very own little kitchen!

 YUMMY!

 The perfect gift for our daughter who is currently obsessed with airplanes (Thanks, Grandma!)

 She kind of got tired of opening gifts so decided to play on them instead

 A box full of gifts from Auntie Mandy

 A teapot from Auntie Jenn and Tio (Uncle Richie)

 He was kind of excited

 The only time we will allow Beaver gear in our house!

 Trying on Alex’s “hat”

 Name puzzle from Grandma and Grandpa Brown

 Playing with her new laptop

 Tea party with Tio

 And some family group shots

 The day after Christmas – play continues

 Cute cousins

The holiday went by far too fast. They arrived Christmas Eve and left the day after Christmas. But we are so thankful that we were able to spend Christmas with family in our own home. Lots of memories were made and we had such a blast.

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