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DianaB · 12-27-2010, 09:35 PM

We had our Christmas with the kids on the 24th. It was nice because we had them the whole day and they didn't have to rush off. I cooked Italian food and it was really good but soooo different from what I usually fix. I figured that the kids would have the traditional meal at their inlaws so I decided to be different. We opened gifts and had such a good time. The kids played in the basement and some of the adults played Apples to Apples. The kids went home about 6:30 or so. Then Glen ran to a neighboring town to pick up a lab puppy with Damon. Damon and Dae Lynn got one for the kids. It's the cutest little guy......a chocolate lab and they named him Butch!!! Glen wanted one so bad but that's one thing that I won't buy for him because he wants a true hunting dog and it has to meet with his specs but I could tell that he was impressed with what he saw......maybe next year!!!

On Saturday Glen and I opened presents that we had for each other. It was a hard morning for me with not having any kids here. We've been married for 36 years and have had a child here for every one of those years. I cried several times but after we opened presents I was better (I found out that my sister-in-law had a hard time too and cried for the same reason.). We spent the day cleaning things back up for the Baker party on Sunday!!

After church we went out to eat then headed home to clean some more for the Baker party. We just did finger foods so there was no big menu to prepare for. We had probably about 50 people. Glen's brother's grandson fell on a scooter and cut his forehead open so his parents had to rush him to the ER. The poor little guy, who is only 4, had six stitches in his head but he came back to the house smiling and acted like nothing was wrong. He sure scared everyone though because he sure had a big pool of blood in no time on the floor.

We played a game where Glen had wrapped up a couple of presents really good using different boxes, string, and lots of duct tape. Then we all formed a circle and someone started tearing open the gift (Oh, and the gifts were on each side of the circle so we had two going at the same time) while the person rolled a dice. When they rolled a 6 then the person had to quit opening the gift and the person who rolled the die took their place while the person behind them rolled........and the game continued until the gift was finally opened. It was fun and everyone enjoyed it.

Then we did our Silly String fight!!! We just told everyone to bring their own string and we bought a few extra for those who forgot........then we had the silly string fight in the basement (I wanted it outside but I lost the arguement) The kids loved it!!!.......Actually, the adults did too!!!

Now we just have one more party to go......with my side of the family but it's on New Year's day so I have a while to recouperate!!!!

12-27-2010, 09:35 PM	#303
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	We had our Christmas with the kids on the 24th. It was nice because we had them the whole day and they didn't have to rush off. I cooked Italian food and it was really good but soooo different from what I usually fix. I figured that the kids would have the traditional meal at their inlaws so I decided to be different. We opened gifts and had such a good time. The kids played in the basement and some of the adults played Apples to Apples. The kids went home about 6:30 or so. Then Glen ran to a neighboring town to pick up a lab puppy with Damon. Damon and Dae Lynn got one for the kids. It's the cutest little guy......a chocolate lab and they named him Butch!!! Glen wanted one so bad but that's one thing that I won't buy for him because he wants a true hunting dog and it has to meet with his specs but I could tell that he was impressed with what he saw......maybe next year!!! On Saturday Glen and I opened presents that we had for each other. It was a hard morning for me with not having any kids here. We've been married for 36 years and have had a child here for every one of those years. I cried several times but after we opened presents I was better (I found out that my sister-in-law had a hard time too and cried for the same reason.). We spent the day cleaning things back up for the Baker party on Sunday!! After church we went out to eat then headed home to clean some more for the Baker party. We just did finger foods so there was no big menu to prepare for. We had probably about 50 people. Glen's brother's grandson fell on a scooter and cut his forehead open so his parents had to rush him to the ER. The poor little guy, who is only 4, had six stitches in his head but he came back to the house smiling and acted like nothing was wrong. He sure scared everyone though because he sure had a big pool of blood in no time on the floor. We played a game where Glen had wrapped up a couple of presents really good using different boxes, string, and lots of duct tape. Then we all formed a circle and someone started tearing open the gift (Oh, and the gifts were on each side of the circle so we had two going at the same time) while the person rolled a dice. When they rolled a 6 then the person had to quit opening the gift and the person who rolled the die took their place while the person behind them rolled........and the game continued until the gift was finally opened. It was fun and everyone enjoyed it. Then we did our Silly String fight!!! We just told everyone to bring their own string and we bought a few extra for those who forgot........then we had the silly string fight in the basement (I wanted it outside but I lost the arguement) The kids loved it!!!.......Actually, the adults did too!!! Now we just have one more party to go......with my side of the family but it's on New Year's day so I have a while to recouperate!!!!