late christmas with the family

shae trying to feed my nephew blueberries. Those two are inseparable
shae was partied out

Duane was a" little" too happy!
Who needs the presents when there's paper

she lost an earring and had to go searching she hates
this picture!!


Aww! aren't they cute

Matt scored big with the girls this year . We wont tell
the girls that mom picked out some of the gifts. We will
just let them think he is good!

Christmas this year was late with the family due to married siblings and taking turns with the extended families. Christmas with my family is always a blast. Although we eat too much and get too little sleep. We start out with appetizers and then we have a huge dinner (steak,shrimp, potatoes salad etc.) followed by presents (that I usually can pick-up and tell you what it is a trait my mother-in law dislikes lol ). Then let the games begin and dessert of course since we all were too full to eat it earlier along with more snack food that we don't need. We are usually up until the wee hours of the morning laughing and being crazy. We all sleep over at mom's and get up late and have a big brunch (more food) and hang out for the day more cards, movies, and the traditional mystery puzzle ( for those of you who don't know what that is it is a puzzle with no picture on the box so you don't know what you are putting together) . I love having a big family there is never a dull moment.