This holiday season was great because we still got to see all of our kids and grandkids even though there's a worldwide pandemic going on. We had our Texas and Utah kids here in mid-December. Sam wasn't able to come, but everyone else was at our house for a fancy family Christmas dinner that Jenny had orchestrated before we all got together. We had a wonderful time and made some great memories. We missed our Sam, but he was on-call at the hospital and had some good quiet time at home.
After Jared and Sam's families left, we still had our individual Christmas dinners with each of our kids in town. It's fun to watch each family open their gifts with us. We start with dinner, followed by singing Christmas carols and hymns, and then we open presents.
We had Jessica's family overnight from December 23rd to the 24th. It gave us more time together, and we had a lot of fun.
Jess and Seb invited us over for a Christmas dinner on the 25th, and we enjoyed playing games with their family. I love having them close to us! We always look forward to spending time with Jessica and Jacob's families.
My blog photos are in no particular order!
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| December 25th: This was Jessica's first Christmas ham, and it was delicious. She also made Funeral Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Pumpkin Pie, and an amazing fresh Pear and Cheddar Cheese Crumble Pie! |
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| Love this girl. She does so much for her family and others. |
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| Great tasting beef tacos Mike and I enjoyed at home between holiday meals |
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| December 24th: Our Christmas eve leftovers were so good! |
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The last of our Christmas gifts to open on Christmas day
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| These were the gifts to each other and from my sister Jacqueline Babbitt |
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| Look how pretty my sister's gifts are! |
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And look how gorgeous her goodie plate is! Our nephew Jack
Babbitt made the lovely butter cookies with his dad, Terry
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December 23rd and 24th: Our last one-on-one Christmas this year was with Jessica's family. Jessica's favorite gift from us was her teal suede roller skates. She couldn't wait to try them out!
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Seb got some handsome, warm shirts for the winter and cool tools
Jess and Seb spoiled us this year with an EchoShow, a beautiful bread knife from Williams & Sonoma, Chloe rose perfume, and a Nintendo Switch game system that they and Sam and Kiley bought for us. It's the perfect gift for our home and for our older grandsons!
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| Grandma leads the singing |
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| Santa Hudson |
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Glad Seb and Jess love to sing!
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| Christmas dinner with the Dunlap's |
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| For some reason, Beau was in the mood to DANCE! |
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| I set out our holiday plates and gold flatware for a festive change |
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Our mouth watering meal of marinated flank steak, fresh green beans with bacon, sweet potato casserole, green salad, and ciabatta baguette with balsamic dipping sauce--yum!
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