After filling our stomachs, we rearranged the livingroom and set about opening presents. It was nice because we could relax and not feel rushed because no one was starving for once.
Here is a group of present unwrappers ready to begin.
Preston was in charge of dishing out the presents and then we had to wait our turns. Dave seemed to have an unusual number of presents to open, thus the pile at his feet.
Raquel is happy with her new Belgium waffle maker.
Anita loved the letter from my mother and the Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer that was in the beautifully wrapped package.
Garth would be very happy with his new golf bag and he and Rob would make sure it was used over the break.
After all the damage had been done and we declared Dave had received the biggest gifts...
We headed to the family room to open the stockings. Have you ever seen a longer row of stockings?
Preston seems happy with the things in his stocking.
As does Jip, Scott, Wouter and Lonica.
Raquel and Dave are going to play with their Sock'em Rock'em Robots that fit on your fingers.
All the kids got Silly String in their stockings, so when there was a break in the rain, of course they had to have a Silly String fight.
With Preston and Wouter ganging up on him, Jip got it the worst. You can see all the luminary bags that Preston needs to clean up down our street.
The rest of the day we ate left over and played some of the games we had gotten.
Or built computers that we had gotten parts for.
Or model new aprons that Lonica had made for us.
Or played on new laptops that we got.
Or just laughed ourselves silly trying to talk like a pirate, a CB operator, a witch, or with a French accent, or tell a lie or pretend your are signing every thing you said. We had a great time playing Curses and would highly recommend that game.
It was a great Christmas and fun was had by all.
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Looks like you all had an amazing Christmas! Its always special to have lots of family around. We had a really nice one also. Happy New Year!
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