Christmas

Yesterday, Christmas, we woke up to grey clouds.  I always like it when it's grey, or rainy on Christmas, since that makes it feel a little more like wintery Christmas weather.

E's first Christmas!

We had a nice, relaxed morning.  The kids opened the few presents we had for them (none of the packages from the Grandparents arrived in time), and we had our traditional Christmas brunch.  Hot chocolate with whipped cream is a must.  We also had an egg and ham breakfast casserole, and hash browns.  Some years we do a special coffee cake, or cinnamon rolls.  But this year we stuck with savory.

Then we spent the rest of the morning trying out new Wii and computer games.

In the afternoon, we headed over to the Troolin's house.  We had fun visiting and making potato pancakes, then we sat down to a yummy dinner of Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, corn and green bean casseroles, rolls and jello.  And of course, lots of delicious Christmas cookies that Sarah had made!

Kaitlyn helping to make the potato pancakes

The Girls (or most of them)

The Boys (and Rebekah)

The Spread

After the kids and dads played a short game of baseball in the yard, us adults played Carcassone Castle while the kids played a variety of other games, or made a puzzle.

It was a really fun day, and we loved the time we spent with good friends.

His first Christmas was just too much for him! =)