On Saturday, after packing for our trip to England, we had family and friends over for our California Christmas celebration.
We hosted Uncle Bill and Aunt Patty, cousins William and Elizabeth (and Jerry of course!), Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie Mel, and the Roberts. Patty made a giant lasagna and sausages, Genia brought salad and Mel made garlic bread.
Here, Uncle Bill plays bingo with Johnny.
The five children had their own gift exchange game, where they passed around presents while John played music. When the music stopped, each child unwrapped one layer of wrapping paper from the gft s/he was holding. There were five layers of paper, and therefore five rounds of gift-passing.
Dear Genia - best neighbors we could hope for!
After dinner, we opened crackers...
...before we opened gifts. Cora was very pleased with her own version of Annie, one of Ave's very favorite movies. Here, Johnny is bursting into the photo to show off his new Transformers mask.
Then the grownups played a White Elephant gift exchange game, filled with lots of laughter.
Beautiful cousins.
Our night was so much fun, and we owe lots of thanks to everyone who came and helped cook and clean up! We love you all and Merry Christmas!
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