This year we changed it up a little and had my mom's side of the family over on December 23rd.
Here are a few pictures of my parents beautiful house.
The western tree downstairs
The memory tree in the study
The village in the study
The dining room
These are the finger foods we snacked on-Chicken Chili, Chicken salad croissants, Chik-fil-a chicken nuggets, sausage in a blanket, stuffed jalapenos, and brown sugar bacon wrapped chicken.
The appetizers-Artichoke dip, white queso dip, chicken wing dip, fruit and veggie trays
Before appetizers and dinner we celebrated McKenna's 4th birthday with a cake and birthday gifts!
Each of the kids got a gift to open.
This is Montana-my cousin Wendy's son
He got a pillow pet.
White Shirt-My nephew Kyler. Grey shirt-My mom's cousin's grandson, Jake. 2 children on the right- my cousin Paige's kids-Kurtis and McKenna.
My mom's cousin Donna, her son and daughter-in-law
Kyler playing with his transformer
McKenna playing with her makeup with her grandma Mel-my mom's sister
Kyler playing with his transformer and teddy bear
My mom had gotten gifts for her sisters, Melanie and Linda, and her cousin Donna
It was a picture frame that said "The Girls" and a picture of them from a few years back at Christmas at my Granny's (their mom)
Mandy (my cousin Casey's girlfriend) and I...she's so sweet!
The WHOLE family!
Let's see if I can name everyone.
David, Mel, Casey, McKenna, Kurtis, Mandy, Zack, Stacey, Paige, Jake, Wendy, Ethan, Nathan, Mandy, Kyler, JD (Kyle), Wendy, Montana, Ronnie, Mom, Donna, Kelly, Dad and I
My mom and her cousin Donna
The Cousins:
Casey, Nathan, Stacey, Mandy, Kelly, Paige, Wendy, me, JD (Kyle), and Zack
The cousins plus their significant others
The cousins plus significant others plus their children
My cousin JD and I
The girls:
My Aunt Melanie, Mom, Donna, and Aunt Linda
My cousin Wendy and her son Montana
I was reading "Twas the night before Christmas" to my nephew Ethan
Me and Kyler just relaxing after eating dinner
My adorable nephews
Kyler
and Ethan
You turn your back on them for 2 seconds and they are immediately in the desserts!
On Christmas Eve, we had my dad's side of the family over like we normally do.
My uncle Mike, Dad and Granddad
Aunt Carolyn, Mom, Jason, Mimi and Kyler
Ethan, Stacey, my cousin Chris, and Nate
For appetizers we had Bruschetta and cheese with crackers.
For dinner we had spaghetti with meatballs, stuffed ravioli's, Caesar salad and bread dipped in alfredo sauce
We were determined to get everyone at one table
The kid table
Ronnie, Chris, My mom, Granddad, Mimi (she was sick) and Uncle Mike
Cheers
Uncle Mike, Dad, Nate, Jason, Stacey, me, Mandy, Ronnie and Chris
My dad was wearing a beautiful napkin to make sure he didn't get his shirt dirty.
Jason, Stacey and Jax!
Me, My sister Mandy and her husband Ronnie
My cousin Chris and his girlfriend Jennifer
Nate and Stacey waiting for me to pass out the gifts
Time to open presents!
The girls
Step 1: open your eyes wide so you don't like tired when the flash goes off
Step 2: lift your chin, stretch out your neck so you don't have a double chin
Step 3: suck your tongue to the roof of your mouth to also help with the double chin
Step 4: Hand on hip to reduce the size of your arm flab
= this picture, haha
Family picture time:
Mandy, Ronnie, Ethan and Kyler
Stacey, Jason and Jax
Nate and I
The kids
Family picture
My dad's parents, my aunt and uncle, and cousin
The guys
Kyler and Ethan putting out reindeer food so the reindeer's would want to stop by the house
Kyler, Ethan and I putting out milk and cookies for Santa
Christmas Morning!
Santa ate all his cookies and drank all his milk
Ethan was still so tired
We opened so many gifts! I got a few new pairs of jeans, a ton of new tops, and 2 new pairs of boots (brown and black) and a bunch of miscellanous items, as well as Letters to Juliet. I love that movie!
During gift time my mom brought out the mimosa's
Ethan got a guitar
Kyler got a new game for his DS
Nate got a bow
We wrapped Daisy up....I don't think she liked it that much.
Jason and Stacey got a really nice camera
I hope everyone had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I know I did. I have the most amazing family and don't know what I would do without them. You guys are wonderful!
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