Christmas with Nathan's Family

We spent Saturday evening with all of Nathan's family celebrating Christmas with them. It was at Aunt Karen's house. Seriously, she and Uncle Frank have the prettiest Christmas tree I have EVER seen. It is HUGE and has at least 1 million glass ornaments all over it. WOW!!!!

We had a REALLY great time. The food was YUMALICOUS - pork, chicken, dressing, 2 kinds of gravy, broccoli casserole, green beans, 2 kinds of cranberry sauce, and about 3,000 desserts. Also Stacy brought her famous salsa. It is sooooooo good!!! Sofia ate her weight in green beans that night.

We also play dirty santa. Everyone brings a $20 gift for either a guy or a girl. Then we draw numbers - #1 goes first and gets a gift from the unopened pile. Then #2 either gets a gift from the unopened pile or can take #1's gift and so on. If #1's gift gets taken, then they get to chose another gift in round 2. It's really a lot of fun - especially when people start taking stuff from one another! I took some lottery tickets from Aunt Sara - I won a whopping $3!! I guess that's what I get :o) Nathan ended up with his original gift, which was a tailgating throw game. Guess he won't be using THAT anytime soon!!

Here are some fun pictures from the night.

Here are Nathan's cousins hanging out outside after shooting their guns in the woods - REALLY!!

Here is Gavin throwing himself down the stairs.

Nathan doing the only thing he can do - sit in the recliner!

Have I said Sofia LOVES shoes!!! Here she took advantage that Josie took off one of her shoes.

This is Doug and his cousin Jason. They look so much alike (especially dressed the same) that Sofia was calling them both Doug!!

Here is Sofia playing inside one of the gift bags.

Here she is playing with Aunt Karen's stuffed animals.

And here she is checking out her cousin Luke!!

This is Josie and Bailey. Bailey is a witty little girl. She kept asking me over and over if Sofia spoke Spanish!

Here are Morgan and I hanging out on the couch.

And here is Nathan's cousin John and his fiance Melissa. They are getting married April 25th. A week after baby #2's due date! I hope I get to go!!!!!!