Friday, December 28, 2007

Christmas with Family

From our house we went to my parent's house to celebrate with the Chases, Henrys, and Erik....15 of us in all! We all got there around 11:00 for presents and lunch.

Tyler and Aaron waiting for everything to get started (: The kids were all sooo excited!
Here's Finn and Griffin doing what they often do at Memaw and Papa's house...walk up and down the hallway (: Anytime I couldn't find Griffin he was usually right there in the hallway.
Aunt Katie and Uncle Kenton gave this truck to Ronan, and he played with it for such a long time! You can take it apart and turn it into a bunch of different construction vehicles. He really loves it!
Papa surprised Mom with this new camera!
And here's just a glance at some of the fun. The kids all tried their best to be patient and wait for their turn to come around. Finley and Griffin both took naps, and we all enjoyed yummy treats and delicious lunch.

Around 3:30 we headed to the Ruddick's house where we celebrated with Josh's parents, the Creager and Green families, and Grammie & Grandpa Lermo (17 people!). We ate a really nice dinner (
turkey and ham) with all the fixins. Then we had all of the kids take turns opening their gifts, followed by the adults. We had a lot of fun and the kids all did pretty well...considering (:

Ronan got a cool new Beaver outfit from the Creagers! For the rest of the evening he was asking if he could go outside to play football. Eventually Josh and I took turns being outside with him in the dark, cold, rain...of course Ronan didn't mind the icky weather!
We attempted to get a picture of all the cousins by the stockings. This was the best one I got (: Top Row: Ethan (1), Lydia (5), Audrey (8.5), Dylan (2.5), Griffin (1), and Ronan (3.5)
Bottom: Macey (1)
The Creager Family (Josh's older sister)
The Green Family (Josh's younger sister)
Our Family
Amy, Erin, and Gretchen
Brad, Jon, and Josh

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