Christmas 2016- 4.5

I did one post for the Saturday, daytime activities and now this one is for the Saturday evening activities...hence the 4.5 :) For dinner Saturday evening we had a taco bar. Just various tortillas, chips, tostadas with meat, cheese, lettuce, beans, rice etc. After dinner we did Christmas cookies. (I made the cookies earlier in the week- so this just entailed frosting and sprinkles...not sugar and flour all over my kitchen- lol.) We also had the cousin gift exchange and the Christmas Eve pajamas. Later we also had a couples dance on the porch, with music and Christmas lights- but I was too busy dancing with Ron and didn't get any pics. The song was "The Greatest Gift of All" by Lee Greenwood. (this was actually my favorite activity :) Here are some pics from the evening and the song. We did the cousin gifts one-at-a-time. The pajamas ...we passed out the gifts and opened all-at-once. I warned the girls, that my type two personality kicked in on the pajamas... I just couldn't do the crazy little kid footies for those bigger boys...so everyone got sweat pants and t shirts :) It was a great evening and great "cousin time".

Christmas 2016- 4

Everyone arrived by Friday evening , December 23. Earlier in the week I had prepared 4 pans of Lasagne for dinner, and had those in the freezer. Our first whole day together, Saturday, the 24th, was packed with activities. Family photo at 10:30, at a park in Kerrville. (The weather was not cooperating...it was raining.) Then we all went to the church for Owen's baptism, Luke's baby blessing, lunch, music practice, and cleaning the church. (Our church needs to be cleaned every Saturday. I decided since our family would be there using the building...out gift to the ward was for us to clean that day.) For lunch...I ordered Subway sandwiches, and brought paperware, chips, and cookies.

Christmas 2016- 3

Here is a bit of my Christmas decor...before, we got invaded- lol. 

I knew that I shouldn't put very much out, but I had two small trees down stairs and the large tree up stairs. The large tree was out right after Thanksgiving, but it wasn't until Dec. 23 that I actually got some lights on it. Then Alison and I decided that was all it needed...no ornaments ;)

With all of us in the house for Christmas, it was almost like the Christmas decor got lost somewhere, under bodies, and toys, and food :) I also included my one, cute idea, this year for Snoball Snowmen.