This Christmas was the first time in at least 4 years that my whole family was able to get together at the same time! With 4 kids in our family, 2 in the military, all of us now married and working around in-law schedules as well as our own it just doesn’t usually work out for us to all get together at the same time. We had a blast! The fun started the Monday before Christmas when Grandma and Gramps arrived. Then Uncle Steven, Aunt Lydia, and baby Lyla got there on Wednesday. Samuel was so excited to meet his new cousin and he fell in love with her! Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Scott, Noah, Jack, Uncle Jon, and Aunt Kristin all arrived around dinner time on Christmas Day and the party really got going!
Samuel and baby Lyla
Lyla and her mommy
Samuel showing off his new Phineas and Ferb pajamas before bed on Christmas Eve
Samuel opened his gifts from us on Christmas morning…
He had been begging for a nerf gun and was so excited when he got this one, later we would find out that this seemed to be the theme of the week…
Aunt Lydia, Daddy, Grandma, and Samuel putting together his new Harry Potter lego set…
Samuel had to fight Uncle Steven for his nerf gun…
After dinner on Christmas, we let the kids open their gifts and then while they played we did a white elephant exchange for the adults.
Samuel loved the Star Wars potato heads that Uncle Jon and Aunt Kristin got him…
Oh look, all the boys got nerf guns from Uncle Jon…later they each got another one from Uncle Steven. This resulted in all of the adult guys having a huge nerf gun fight while the kids begged to be allowed to play with their Christmas presents. Hmmm…
Uncle Jon and Aunt Kristin were excited about the sportsbrella they ended up with in the gift exchange. Good thing they live near the beach and will get plenty of use out of it.
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