Another tradition that has happen for quite a while now is going over to Aunt Claudia and Uncle Craig's house for a Christmas Eve dinner. This year she added in a music show. Who ever plays an instrument and wants to play for the family can. Kirsten played a piano duet with her Aunt Becca who were visiting from Illinois, her brother Kanyon played the trumpet, Ryan played "Silent Night" and "Deck the Halls" on the guitar, Chase played "Jingle Bells" on the recorder, Meagan and Jenna played a duet on the of "Come all ye faithful" on the piano and violin and Clint and Becca and there three kids sang while Becca played the piano. It was actually a pretty cool addition to the evenings events. Brought in the Christmas spirit.
Afterward, we all gathered in the Family room for the White Elephant gift exchange. At that point, Dave's Cousin, Marrisa, and her husband, Curtis, visiting from Arizona showed up with their twin baby boys and, OH MY GOODNESS!....the girls went crazy! They could not get enough of those cute boys. Kaleb and Joshua weren't feeling so good but were pretty patient with all the fawning anyway.
The funniest part of the evening was when 6 year old Braden opened up his gift; an old, size 10 womens dress. You have to look at his face in the picture. The reaction was hilarious. Anyway, we were lucky enough to come home with "The Karate kid" and "How to Train Your Dragon" on DVD. I had to BEG Devin not to steal it but he was nice enough to let us keep it. It was a fun evening!
Wow, you had a busy Holiday season! It was fun to see all your crafts and all the things the kids are doing. What fun! Wish we could see you.
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