Family Christmas 2007

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Rose and Bryn arrive! This is the beginning of our family Yuletide gathering. Since Rose, Bryn, Chris and Ashlee couldn't all get up north on Christmas, we decided to have the celebration on the weekend after New Years. Well Peg and I were sick on that weekend and other things got in the way on other weekends, and we finally got it together for the 27th of January.....



Peg and I planned things out, made some little sticky notes of who was doing what tasks, which we stuck to the cupboard doors...... maybe we were a little too anxious about the meal, but what the heck.



Peg started early and got all the potatoes and sweet spuds peeled and into pans of water. Big job out of the way! The day before I had made a pumpkin chifon pie (I only do that cause I like it) and Peg had made an apple pie and a pan of apple crisp.



I pan fried a huge batch of venison loin with mushrooms an onions. We also had a roaster of chicken in the oven, rolls to heat, and Peg made her famous green beans with mushroom soup and french fried onions.



Remember those sweet spuds? Rosie got the job of boiling them and getting them onto a pan in preparation for the next step.



Meanwhile the southern crew arrived, the house slowly filling up, getting noisier and smelling more like Christmas dinner.....



Bryn had the job of getting the sweet spuds covered with butter, brown sugar and marshmallows.Exactly what she is doing here remains a mystery. I seem to remember some of the same antics from others at a past Thanksgiving day get-together....



Well, with dinner and dishes a thing of the past, it looked like Hailee was getting restless and kept eyeing the tree and presents.. so only one option remained--LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD!!



Oh, yeah, books are cool.



Donna got a nice necklace.



Books are nice, but these giant blocks are the cat's ..... uh, meow. Yeah, that's it.



What's better than ribbon as a necklace? Another cheap gift that we fail to use...



Hold on! These blocks really kick it!





I think the grown-ups liked the blocks as much as Hailee, but from a distance.




Hmmmm.... I got this "gift" from me dear mither 'n law. I don't know what the import of it was, or if I should be offended!
Anyway, I'm going to leave you on your own for a few more pics.....



















Kids and their toys.



"It's for you, granny...."


As usual, one of the most interesting items was a corrugated box. Never fails..



Next morning Rosie gave Hailee a lesson on computer operation....
















So that's how it went, good food, relaxation and a good time was had by all. I do believe we'll do it again next year!!

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