Celebration of Christmas

with the

Smith Family!

We celebrated a little early this year so the whole family could be together.

and why wouldn't g'ma & g'pa start the kids out with a gift of a

ginormous Hershey bar!

i know remember why the kids didn't want to go to bed...

sugar high!

The stinkin' cute nieces & nephews:

from chubby round cheeks,

all blonde's,

and so far blue eyes??

Smith gene's must be strong!

Waiting for Santa with g'pa!

See his little eye in the corner of the window?!

This was put on my deck a couple years ago..

and now I've returned the favor :)

And these people?!

They are my family.

This year we had an ugly sweater party..

this just added to the craziness of my family

but we sure had fun!

We play the "white elephant game" every year.

Some of the best gifts this year were the John Deere suspenders given to Brian

{pretty sure my brother's "helped" him attach them...along with a wedge}

and my gift of mustaches!

Every year..so much fun

Everyone left on Saturday afternoon to get to other families houses to celebrate.

It's so sad when everyone has to leave and seems as though the time has gone to fast.

But, we have so much fun and have so many memories to last until next year!

family picture 2011

After we went home for a quick nap

we met the family at church for the candle lit service..

then back to mom & dad's for left overs!!

Dad's Christmas mojito drink,

and some games!

Then home early to bed....

to wait for Santa to come and open gifts at home from each other

and another busy day of Christmas with the Barrick's!

Cheers!