What a lovely Christmas Day

Grandma Liz, Uncle Michael and Liz's friend Janet came up Christmas day for dinner, drinks and of course presents!  We had such a great time and were glad that we could share it with Janet.  Such a sweet lady.  Colin kept her busy showing her all that Santa brought him and Meli.  Since I love recipes...I made Sweet Pepper Chicken with a few minor adjustments.  I can never just stick to a recipe.  That is why baking is not my strong suit. I also made (and had) green bean casserole for the first time.  Then we had had several other side dishes.  I love trying new things. 

Christmas was so much fun this year.  Colin just loved all of the activities we did to prepare for Christmas.  Will and I are excited to combine our traditions from our childhood and then create our own new ones. 

Colin was such a good helper.  He opened all of Meli's gifts for her and then explained what it was.  Then he gave her some wrapping paper to play with, which is really what she wanted!  He also picked out a turtle for her.  He thought she needed one.  He tried to get one for daddy too, but I talked him out of that.  Colin also decided that he wanted to give Mae some of his older toys that were too young for him.  It was so cute.  He put them under the tree and everything. Colin wrapped his first gift this year.  He actually did pretty well.  He picked out Will's gift all on his own (batman earphones for Will's iPhone). 

This year we did a lot of artsy gifts.  The grandparents in Oregon got a reindeer painting made from all of our thumbprints and the grandparents in Virginia got a Christmas tree made from Colin's handprints (with Meli's hand being the star on top of the tree).

~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

 The B Family