Bryan has to work every Christmas Eve and so this year we decided to stay home on Christmas Eve, open presents Christmas morning, hang out and then go to my parents for dinner. Well, we didn't want to be home alone on Christmas Eve so we decided to invite Bryan's sister Jeanine and her family to come over. They said yes and we started planning a little family dinner. Then my sister Sara said that since Todd had practice on Christmas they weren't doing anything on Christmas Eve and we invited them. Well, my sister Amanda's husband is a police officer and he had to work Christmas Eve so she decided to come and hang out with us without him. After that my parents said they didn't want to stay home alone so they came too. Needless to say, our little party got pretty huge. I was worried because our house is small, but it ended up being the best Christmas Eve ever. The kids all had a blast and it was so fun hanging out with everyone.
The Kid Table
Sara's cutie patootie son Cooper 
Cooper and Madelyn thinking they're so big at the kid table
My sister Amanda and her adorable daughter Elizabeth
Caden and Jeanine's son Aaron making Gingerbread Cookies
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The girls ended up playing dress-up and this is how Maddie came out.
My precious nephew Jameson (Amanda's son)
All the kids getting ready to open their one present
Cooper "letting" Maddie play with his baseball toy
The girls ended up playing dress-up and this is how Maddie came out.
My precious nephew Jameson (Amanda's son)
Jeanine and Christian (Happy almost 10th anniversary)
5 comments:
Fry that is just so great that you have so much family nearby. I can only dream! Deb keeps trying to talk me into coming to CA, so if she ever wins, I let you know! Your family is beautiful. Your comments on my blog were too sweet. You are a wonderful person.
That's looks like soo much fun! It's so good to see how everyone is doing. And it looked like everyone fit just fine in your home. The more the merrier! Oh, and I can't wait til Mallory starts dressing up like that... so cute!
Those pics are so cute! I love how Maddie and Coop are next to each other in every shot...they are already bestest cousins!
That looks like the best family party ever!! We totally miss you guys!! (We too have a pretty small house but had lots of fun filling it with family this christmas season!!), I'll post pix's later.
Happy New Year!!
It's so great being with family for the holidays. I'm glad everything worked out (going from a small to huge party).
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