Monday, January 11, 2010

Christmas in MO

Stuffing tummies with entries from our 1st Christmas Eve Cooking Contest. 8 out of about 18 people entered, so there was enough variety and good natured trash talk to keep it fun and exciting. A definite new tradition!
My cousin Jess brought over his girlfriend and her adorable two kids.
Christmas morning stockings. Thanks Santa :)

We gather in the living room, sit in a big rectangle of chairs and exchange gifts in a semi-chaotic, but always fun, fashion.
It gets warm in the room fast, so instead of a real fire we opt for the "fireplace channel" which also plays Christmas music. (Is that a common channel in other places?)
Post-exchange lounging and talking.
We woke up Christmas morning to a blanket of snow! Kinda storybookish. The wind was blowing so hard we waited until the next day to go sledding.
I think Matt was resting (?) on the ground when Andrew & Shelby decided to burry him using their sleds as shovels. What a trooper.

Sunday night football party at Mack & Carol's beautiful country retreat.

4 comments:

Jan Werner said...

Looks like you had a great time in Moberly. Good to see everyone, even if it is only in pictures!

Jasony said...

Did the guy in the red sweater really get toilet paper for Christmas?

Wow, I love the country retreat. Looks amazing!

Jenna said...

Yep. We gave a big pack of toilet paper to everyone in the family. Sometimes gift shopping is too much unnecessary effort and everyone needs TP, right? :o)

Nana and Papa said...

it looks like you had a fun Christmas and the snow is beautiful! I love the stone house!