Our families live on opposite coasts (Delaware versus Oregon) so Dennis and I rotate which family we spend Christmas with each year. This year, Christmas was in Dover, Delaware, about 2 hours east of Washington, DC.
We spent Saturday and Sunday with Dennis’ youngest sister, Andrea, who just turned 21 earlier this month.
My future mother-in-law, Ruth, got her hair done before her trip to the Netherlands. Beautiful!
For dinner on Christmas Eve we had ribs, mussels, cheesy cauliflower casserole, and strawberry cupcakes, followed by a few rousing games of Spoons and Apples to Apples. Impressively, four year old Nathan (the son of Dennis’ sister, Laura) almost won the game by randomly selecting a card to toss in. Apparently the ability to read is not a huge factor in winning Apples to Apples.
After dinner and games we opened presents. Dennis’ family has always opened their presents at midnight but with Nathan, midnight was a little too late so we started around 9PM.
We tried to be patient and only open one gift at a time but we could only maintain order for so long.
Dennis and I decided not to get each other anything for Christmas this year, instead preferring to save some money for a trip somewhere. Or, you know, for that wedding thing we have coming up.
Dennis and his nephew, Nathan, are two peas in a pod. Adorable.
A family photo closed out the presents portion of the evening.
After the fun and excitement of the presents Laura and Nathan headed home while Dennis, Ruth, Andrea, and I headed downstairs to watch a movie. It was a wonderful way to spend Christmas Eve.
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