For the first time ever I hosted a family Christmas party!
My mom's brother, sister, my siblings and cousins all came out on Sunday to enjoy our traditional povitica (pronounced "Poh-teets-uh" a sweet bread from Slovenia) and french cookies, as well as gifts and chit chat.
I have to admit, and I am not being vain at all, but this was one of the most fun times I have had with all these people in awhile. We all played games, ate food and opened gifts. Fun times!
Now for pictures - the best part of all!!
Bubs is scooting around - 100% mobile now! Here he scooted himself under the tree and was whining to get out. Before I grabbed him, I grabbed my camera!
He scoots around on the hardwood floors in a sitting position, leans all the way forward and pushes or pulls on the floor with his hands. He hates being on his tummy because then he can't grab whatever he wants!
Is this my son or my daughter?
Seriously, I wish her hair would just grow already :) Lizzie Lou loves Buzz Lightyear and Thomas the Train - both of which make her look like a boy when she wears them.
Oh well, at least she is also a fan of Disney Princesses!
This is my little brother's new fiance Brandy! They both attend Pittsburgh State University in Kansas and bought Bubs his first football. Their mascot is seriously a Gorilla - fierce!Isn't this a sweet picture? He was so worn out....
Josh made sure to keep all the wrapping paper and burn it in our wood burning stove. He is such a pyromaniac (kidding!)I think it is better for the environment this way....he thinks it is one less trip to the trash can with bags.
This is how Bubs first fell asleep on my little sister Bekah. The poor baby couldn't sleep with all the commotion so when he usually takes a 2 hour nap at 2pm he hadn't had any by 4:00. Soon after 4, he just layed on her lap and couldn't keep his eyes open. Poor baby!
Josh's favorite gift so far!Yes, we have a Yoda tree topper now! On our way to a Star Wars tree.
Not long after this photo was taken, he fell down.
The force was not with him.
Everyone! We had about 17 people in a 2 bedroom house. Josh did an amazing job setting up our table. He chopped up a piece of plywood to be 8ft long and gave us a beautiful dining room table. (our table is normally like 3 ft long or so) Then we also had a card table in the living room.
I love the open floor plan. I am standing in the kitchen taking this pic looking at the living room.
Well, that does it for our first Christmas! Thank you for sharing it with me!
Merry Christmas everyone!!
