On Christmas Eve, everyone gathered for a family dinner at the Ham family's home. We ate a very scrumptious dinner together then continued with our other festivities. First up was the family band. It was so fun to listen to the band play Christmas carols.
After the band, we had a nativity reenactment while Ivan read Luke 2 and Ramona played Christmas hymns on the piano. It was a great way to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas Morning! (The real Christmas morning)
We woke up bright and early Christmas morning to find stockings, strings, presents, and lots of excited children waiting to open presents. We started with our stockings. Ashley was so nice to go through everyone's stocking and pull out their fruit snacks... and then eat them :)
Here's Lindy following her string.
I didn't know we were doing strings again, but Santa didn't want to leave us out. So here I am following my string to find my present!
Sadly, we didn't get a lot of pictures of everyone opening presents. I guess we were too caught up in the excitement to remember to take pictures. It was so much fun to watch everyone open their presents. Thanks Julie & Gary for including us and letting us share Christmas morning with your family!
Later on in the day we visited the Hughes family, and we just had to try out their new Kinect. The games are actually really fun and sure give you a workout. As you can see, those games make you move around quite a bit. We were jumping and dodging all sorts of obstacles. Eventually, we had to give up because we were too tired to continue!
The Kinect is fun for all ages. Even Ivan and Ramona tried their hand at maneuvering through the obstacle course.
Sadly, we didn't get a lot of pictures of everyone opening presents. I guess we were too caught up in the excitement to remember to take pictures. It was so much fun to watch everyone open their presents. Thanks Julie & Gary for including us and letting us share Christmas morning with your family!
