T'was a Blur

T'was a blur and my pictures are too.

Oh my, did we ever party this Christmas!  It was one after another and they were all fun, all involved good food, fun games and a lot of laughing and talking.  We started with the Dykstra party.  It's fun because there are little kids.  Don't get me wrong, the adult kids are fun too but oh my, the littles! I love them.

 Big Max and little Max played hard in the gym, so it's a sweaty shot.

 Cody and I planned the next party while we were at the Dykstra party.  We took a selfie and texted it as our invitation to the next party.

It was a Cody, Max, Braden reunion with their parents at Kulshan Brewery.

Kassie and Angela came too.  And Reagan, of course.

 It's dark there so the pictures are bad.  It was a fun night with pizza from Coconut Kenny's and Christmas cookies.

 Next up was game night on Christmas Eve eve.  We played a fun game with cards and hats for the winners and the losers.  Enough said.

 On Christmas Eve Sam and Max were with their girls.  We went to candlelight service at our church with Max.  Hubby and I enjoyed a turkey dinner.  It was just Hubby and I and since we make the rules, we decided to each open one of our gifts and then watch A Christmas Story, Elf and Christmas Vacation simultaneously. Perfect!

One expects a bug bite at a summer holiday picnic.  One does not expect a bite on Christmas Eve while relaxing on the sofa watching movies.  But if it could happen to anyone, it could happen to me.

You may want to skip this next bit, it's ugly.

 It got very sore, red, hot, itching, huge, blistery.  I got very uncomfortable.

Hubby worked on Christmas, and then we had dinner at Jeff and Kathi's at five.  It was delicious, except I didn't feel very good.

 The day after Christmas, Danny flew in to Seattle, Max went to pick him up, I went to the doctor and the pharmacy and to an ice pack. The professionals aren't sure if it was a wasp, hornet or a spider bite.  I took drugs and went to bed early.

On the 27th I felt better and that was a good thing as we were having Christmas with our family.  We had breakfast and then opened gifts just as though it were December 25th.

 

 Laura arrived from Seattle.  Settlers of Catan, Anomia and air soft battles commenced.  Laura brought appetizers for the afternoon. 

 We enjoyed a standing rib roast for dinner with ranch potatoes, a green salad and snow salad.

 On Sunday we  watched the Seahawks game, had more air soft battles  and games. In the evening we went to my parents for Christmas.

 It's not an ugly sweater party, Hubby got a kitten mitten sweatshirt from Max and Kassie.  It's from his favorite brewery.

 We are so blessed to have Christmas with my folks.

 It seems like yesterday that all of the grandkids got toys and pajamas from Papa and Nana.

Derek was missing this year, he lives in Arizona.

 We had a fun game of Left Center Right.

 Kassie won this year.  There are a lot of people so it's a lot of moolah!

Then Max bought a pickup on Monday and went back to the farm.  Sam went back to JBLM. We did not get our family Mt. Baker day this year.  Danny's friend, Aaron drove up from Portland and they went skiing.

Aaron is a great guy and we all had fun with him.

 Then it was New Year's Eve.  Hubby's Mom, Esther came for a visit, Sam came back and we all went for dinner at Kulshan.

Sam and Danny put their fingers up or on their noses to ruin my pictures, showing a lack of maturity and kindness to their Mum.  Oh well, it's all I've got so here they are picking their noses.  Stinkin' guys!

And now everyone has gone back to their homes, I still have Christmas up, I still have a big mess, and it's the New Year.  My intentions are good so I'll keep you posted.  You know the drill, diet, exercise, organization, budgeting, blah, blah, blah.

Happy New Year!