We did the normal opening of presents under the tree thing late this morning. Then in the afternoon we went to Mom’s house to visit for a while. Merry Christmas!!
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Christmas Eve 2022
We had a Christmas Eve dinner, a small gathering. Only Justin and Aylah came (Elora caught a bug so wasn’t feeling well, and Rachelle then stayed home too. Kaley caught COVID so was staying home.) Vangie, and Michael’s parents came. Unfortunately we didn’t (forgot???) take pictures of the evening events.…
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Christmas Day 2021
Our annual Christmas Day opening presents festivities. We had lunch first, and then opened presents after. It was a notably smaller event now with both Peaches and Family, and Lina not here. Good thing Justin and family are still here or there would be nothing going on!

At Auntie Lina’s for Christmas
This is Lina’s first Christmas after having moved away. We miss her presence of course, as we do Peaches’ and family’s absence. Peaches, tho, has her husband and family. I worry about Lina being alone, feeling alone, etc.. But luckily she’s not far from family there in WA. She spent the afternoon at Lina/Tony’s in Bremerton for Christmas.
Baking Cookies for Santa
Lou had the girls help her bake cookies “for Santa”.
Mailing Letters to Santa
Aylah and Elora wrote (or drew in Aylah’s case) letters to Santa… Lou’s keeping busy projects for the girls. Then we drove to the post office and they mailed their letters out. Too cute 🙂
Christmas – Stephan, Mia and Family
Christmastime with Peaches and family, mostly Mia and Stephan.
Stephan and Mia with Santa
Peaches sent pictures of the kids taking pics with Santa .
Christmas Party 2021
We skipped Christmas 2020 because of the COVID pandemic still raging pre-vaccinations. This year we did what was supposed to be a small gathering. It was small compared to previous years, but was still… well I didn’t count how many people came but it was 2 food tables, one large and one small dessert table, and 5 tables for guests.…
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Christmas Pasta Coloring and Decorations
The grandkids did Christmas decorations coloring using pasta. We did a Google meeting thing with Peaches and the kids so it was a family children event. Was nice.