Saturday, January 3, 2009

Christmas Festivities (click here for more photos)

It was wonderful to be at home for Christmas, especially in our new house! Christmas Eve was a beautiful day, so we spent the morning taking the dogs for a long walk and playing outside in the backyard with the kids. My mom arrived to our house in the early afternoon, and the majority of my Raleigh family (Linda, Keith, Maggie, Sarah, and Bridget) came over for dinner. We had a traditional Swedish smorgasbord for Christmas Eve dinner and ended the evening sitting outside and doing a yankee-swap alcohol exchange.

Christmas morning we woke up and checked out our stockings and opened Santa gifts. Keira was excited to see the boot (soot) footprints that Santa had left in the house, and is starting to understand it all (Liam is still clueless, but will get it next year). We then headed to church, and Regan and Ryan came over in the early afternoon. We had a yummy pork roast for Christmas dinner and opened family gifts. We all got some great stuff for Christmas (thanks everyone!!), and Keira and Liam especially loved their easel from Dini!








The Sunday after Christmas, Dad and Mary came over for our Christmas celebration with them. It was another beautiful day, and we spent the afternoon outside playing with the kids. Chris and my dad put together the picnic table gift for the kids (which they of course sat on as soon as it was ready!). We had a wonderful Christmas, and we hope that all of our friends and family have a happy and healthy New Year!!

1 comment:

benilhalk said...

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