We had a wonderful Christmas with our families and friends. For the first time, I did not wake up at my parents' house on Christmas morning. We spent most of the day with Grandpa and Grandma J at their house with Bridget, Steve, and Maren, then went to mass and came home for dinner. Then we opened gifts from one another, and headed to our respective homes for the night. 
I loved waking up Christmas morning, and opening presents that Santa had brought during the night with our little family. Later in the morning, Mom and Dad came to visit, bearing cinnamon rolls, and they stayed to watch Wall-e with us. It was nice to spend the whole Christmas day in one place, and stay in jammies all day. We packed up later that night, so we were ready for our trip to Okabena the next morning.
A and B had a great time with their 4 cousins at Grandpa and Grandma F's house. We had our celebration on Friday night, and then gathered with the larger family at Great Grandma F's farm on Saturday evening. The kids sang Christmas carols until Santa came for a visit, and passed even more presents. The family is getting so big, but we still found a spot to sit in the living room, and everyone was excited to meet Colin.
On Sunday night, Stokes, Andy, and Ben were in the Twin Cities, prior to their flight back to Oregon on Monday. We got together at Danielle and Mark's house, and made our own pizzas. The kids had a raucous time in the basement while the adults hung out for the most part upstairs. It was a pretty impressive group- nine children ages six and under, four college friends and our husbands.
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