Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!
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Look at those faces - Christmas has finally arrived! Aunt Jenny hosted Christmas Eve and this was taken in front of her showroom-quality fancy Christmas tree. This was a fun night with a big group (Jen and Flip were pretty ambitious, hosting such a big crowd!). Here is the chef preparing his salt-covered fish:







And a few shots from the evening:







The kids were excited to get to the presents. It started with the "Find the Pickle" on the Christmas tree.



Megan happened to be the winner of that and snagged herself a stuffed Rudolph. She's pretty good at those types of tasks. All of the kids got the Wii Gaming System from Jenny & Flip, so that was pretty exciting. Megan was excited to actually "give" a couple of gifts this year. She made Mimi a picture frame with little pieces of confetti that she cut out by hand and decoupaged onto a wooden frame (not sure why I didn't take a picture of that one). And she painted a birdhouse for Papa:



It turned out pretty good!