Merry Christmas Eve

I can't believe it has been so long that I have neglected our poor blog. I'm sure you are all wondering what happened to us, but we are still here. Of course, as are all of you, we are busy with school, work, and babies. That is no excuse. I hope to do better-maybe that is a New Year's resolution...Anyway, we had a fabulous Christmas! We missed those who were not here, of course, and were glad some could come from far away. The kids got exactly what they wanted from Santa and Mom and Dad, but that is not what is important. We had a wonderful time with family and a delicious Ham dinner, complete with Diedre's empanadas.



Baby Willie is getting so big. Can sit alone and stand with assistance.




Spencer was happy for most of the night-except the hour or two when his arm may have been out of the socket...Hmm...shades of Jonah at that age.



Carole, Ed, and Emily put on a lovely reading about the baker's dozen.


So glad to have David and Mindy, the first time we have seen them since the wedding,


Boys sitting quietly-well- you know.


We wore Grandma Hansen out early!


Stephen performed some beautiful numbers.



Spencer enjoyed Uncle Rob's guitar playing by dancing along.



When not performing, making cakes, or helping kids Deidre and I got to watch.




Once the Show was completed we had a loverly French chocolate cake that Jason has wanted to make for some time. He recruited me to help and I recruited Stephen-so between the 3 of us we got them done quickly. With the custard creme, orange slices, and cinnamon-it was delicious. After that we had the annual white elephant gift exchange. The kids all got things that they liked. The adult exchange was actually pretty uneventful. There was minimal stealing going on. Hope everyone is happy with what they ended up with-except we know that Carole really wanted the DVD...maybe next time!
Thanks for a wonderful evening!