Christmas weekend...
Instead of celebrating Christmas on just one day, my family enjoyed spreading it out over the whole weekend.
Friday night we had tamales for dinner with Karen and Nazgul. After dinner we went caroling around our neighborhood and delivered cranberry bread to our neighbors. Everyone seems to enjoy our caroling and have even come to expect it since we have been doing it as long as I can remember. When we got back, we enjoyed some hot chocolate and exchanged gifts with Karen and Nazgul who left early Saturday morning to visit Karen's relatives in Oregon.

Saturday night we had my grandfather, aunt & uncle, and cousins over for a big Christmas dinner. Brent didn't make it home in time for dinner, but at least for the family pictures. Here's a picture of the whole group--this year the time exposed shot worked the first time! We ended the evening by singing a few Christmas carols together. After the rest of the family left, our immediate family exchanged gifts with one another. It was so nice to have Brent home--even just for two days.

Sunday morning all 5 of us went to church together and then headed up to LA in the afternoon. We attended the Christmas Eve candlelight service at my cousin's church and enjoyed hearing their choir sing--my cousin Jonathan directs it.
Sunday night we spent at my grandparents house and then everyone else came over around noon for dinner. In the afternoon we opened gifts to and from my grandparents and spent time visiting, playing games and watching football.
(all the grand children + 2 great-grand children)
After a light dinner we put on our annual Christmas pageant. We hadn't done one for several years, but decided to continue the tradition for the younger cousins. The older guys opted to be the audience and my cousin Katie and I appeared only briefly at part of the angel choir so that we could organize the backstage costume changes, etc... I think that everyone enjoyed it and Katie's two little children stole the show. Michael was the reluctant shepherd and wandering wise man and Bethany starred at the littlest angel and a fussy baby Jesus. :)



Ryan played the guitar for another carol sing to conclude the "program."During desert, everyone gathered in the den to watch a home video of one of our Christmas pageants from about 10 years ago. Too bad we didn't have a video camera 20 years ago for the first one...that would have been a blast! :) Well, it was late when everyone finally left and even later when we finally got to bed, but we all agreed that we wouldn't trade that busy day for anything in the world.
This morning Brent headed back up to work and the rest of the family headed home...duty calls. Fortunately, Dad, Ryan and I don't have to go back to our regular work schedules until after the new year.
Friday night we had tamales for dinner with Karen and Nazgul. After dinner we went caroling around our neighborhood and delivered cranberry bread to our neighbors. Everyone seems to enjoy our caroling and have even come to expect it since we have been doing it as long as I can remember. When we got back, we enjoyed some hot chocolate and exchanged gifts with Karen and Nazgul who left early Saturday morning to visit Karen's relatives in Oregon.


Saturday night we had my grandfather, aunt & uncle, and cousins over for a big Christmas dinner. Brent didn't make it home in time for dinner, but at least for the family pictures. Here's a picture of the whole group--this year the time exposed shot worked the first time! We ended the evening by singing a few Christmas carols together. After the rest of the family left, our immediate family exchanged gifts with one another. It was so nice to have Brent home--even just for two days.


Sunday morning all 5 of us went to church together and then headed up to LA in the afternoon. We attended the Christmas Eve candlelight service at my cousin's church and enjoyed hearing their choir sing--my cousin Jonathan directs it.
Sunday night we spent at my grandparents house and then everyone else came over around noon for dinner. In the afternoon we opened gifts to and from my grandparents and spent time visiting, playing games and watching football.

After a light dinner we put on our annual Christmas pageant. We hadn't done one for several years, but decided to continue the tradition for the younger cousins. The older guys opted to be the audience and my cousin Katie and I appeared only briefly at part of the angel choir so that we could organize the backstage costume changes, etc... I think that everyone enjoyed it and Katie's two little children stole the show. Michael was the reluctant shepherd and wandering wise man and Bethany starred at the littlest angel and a fussy baby Jesus. :)



Ryan played the guitar for another carol sing to conclude the "program."During desert, everyone gathered in the den to watch a home video of one of our Christmas pageants from about 10 years ago. Too bad we didn't have a video camera 20 years ago for the first one...that would have been a blast! :) Well, it was late when everyone finally left and even later when we finally got to bed, but we all agreed that we wouldn't trade that busy day for anything in the world.
This morning Brent headed back up to work and the rest of the family headed home...duty calls. Fortunately, Dad, Ryan and I don't have to go back to our regular work schedules until after the new year.
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