Here's the set up for our Christmas Eve Dinner. Grandpa and Lola transformed the downstairs into a beautiful dining room that could fit all 18 of us. There's a kids table back there too.
It takes a small fortune to feed an army this big...I played a guessing game with the girls on how much this prime rib roast cost...let's just say WELL over $100. Who knew your local Costco sold such a thing?
And more side dishes thanks to their marvelous Aunt(I never know she loved cooking, helpful to know :)
They even had these cute little stockings, Paul put those lumps of coal in them. The ones that are really chocolate candy...
More Christmas presents than you can imagine, since each aunt or uncle gives ALL 5 kids a gift. That's 25 gifts there on top of Grandpa and Lola's and the gift exchange the rest of us adults do with each other.
They get big gifts like these two remote control cars:
Then since we didn't have to rush back, Santa had to visit us in this hotel:
Oh look, an orange, what every child wishes for Christmas morning.
Kalel got Scrabble. After bringing it home and playing it on New Years Eve, he mentioned, "Hey Mom! That Scrabble game should have said to the whole family, since everyone plays it" True, true. Maybe Santa thought he'd had enough toys for the year though.
He actually lost his front tooth right before we came. If only he could have lost his other one we could sing the song, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
And the best part for me, that we finally have another cousin for them to play with. She's the cutest, cutest thing. Here she is opening her first Christmas present.
and she fell in love with one of the boys toys, which I just had to let her keep after I saw her playing with it.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this trip possible, good memories, good memories!
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We loved having you guys in Cali! We're lucky we get to see you guys almost every Christmas :)
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