Extended Family Christmas

The dessert table. It somehow deleted it from later int he blog, so I added it. I amde the mint chocolate chip cheesecake on the left.


We had our extended family meal and gift exchange on the Sunday after Christmas. Everyone brought a dish or two and Mom was in charge of the decorations. She used greenery, red berries and apples. Pretty!


Emma had a blast with the fire truck!


Here is Grandma & Grandpa Delamarter waiting for lunch.


All of our lovely foods: Becky made scalloped potatoes, Mom made her baked beans, we did green bean casserole, Ruth did the deviled eggs & corn casserole and it has been just long enough now that I couldn't tell you what else we had or who made it!!

Doesn't a baby on the hip look right?? :-)

After this we put the kids down for naps and had our White Elephant gift exchange. We started this last year and had such a fun time that we decided to do it again this year.
Aunt Becky chose my gift, which was in a Chinese gift bag...

and was filled with a calendar from a local Chinese restaurant, chopsticks, soy sauce...

Steph was totally intrigues by the largest package and had to know what was inside!!

It was a mini exercise trampoline!! LOL!!!

Check out Grandma!! Holding onto her chocolates!! "Stay away Grandpa"!!

Huge bow. Pretty paper. Wonder what is inside????

a roll of Duck Tape!!! Which Grayden then stole away!

Dad got Grandma's! He looks a bit like a Christmas tree!


After the kid's nap, they got to have their White Elephant Gift Exchange. Emma got some bongo drums, Halie got the push top toy that Emma brought and Josiah got a musical version of that type of toy (from Halie)
I used the tissue paper and made Josiah a hat. Emma thought that was pretty cool.

So, she had to have one too!


Of course, we ended the evening with leftovers and games! We do love our table games!!