On the 21st, we got together at Jon & Luci's house for our Atkin Christmas party. Jimmy's parents were there & Jason, Kassie and Arianna came too. Luci had made pulled pork that we ate on rolls, baked beans, funeral potatoes, and we brought a green salad. Everything tasted great. McKenzie sat between Scotty and Sophie in the kitchen & we ate in the dining room in peace. It was great!
We had a white elephant gift exchange in the basement. (we took some pictures of this one) Jimmy got some safety goggles and the pink basket that Jon is holding Kali stole from him. Sophie is holding a ipod speaker bag with towel that got stolen from her but she ended up with a purse/wallet that she really likes and she got to keep the lotion that was in the other gift. I got some Bath and Body works lemon soap that I am loving in our kitchen.
On Christmas Eve Eve (23rd) we got together with Ken, Gina, Brigham & Emma, Steph & Bryant, Andrea (my cousin) & Andy and his parents. Everyone wore their jammies and we had breakfast for dinner. We had breakfast casserole, fresh fruit with dip, sweet rolls and juice. We haven't been good at taking pictures at our family get togethers so no pictures of this event either. Bums me out. Pictures are so fun!
On Christmas Eve, we invited Jason, Kassie & Ari over (we were in jammies again for this too). The other kids had already opened theirs at Steph's house so Jimmy and I opened ours. Mine are the comfiest jammies I've ever owned. We got them at Costco the brand is Aria. Typing about them now makes me want to go slip into them. I'll be right back. :) OK, much better and I got some grey slippers to match.
We had a chicken, veggie, stuffing casserole, fresh baked bread, frog eye salad (Jimmy's favorite that we never make) and they brought a green salad. After we cleaned up dinner we did the nativity. We were short some people. We only had one wise man, Kali, one Shepherd, Conner, two angels, Sophie and Ari, Scotty was baby Jesus, Kassie was Mary (perfect since she is 8 months pregnant) and Jason was Joseph. Jimmy was the narrator and I was the producer. Then we watched a you tube video Breath of Heaven. Very pretty music with the nativity story. (I took some pictures with Kassie's camera so someday hopefully I'll get them on here)
After that we opened a family game, Quirkle. It's a fun game that we've played several times since. We stayed up until 11:30 on Christmas Eve with Conner and Kali playing and then Jimmy and I were up until 2 am! Crazy us for letting the kids stay up so late!
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