On Christmas morning we gathered at Amber and Jerad's to see what Santa had left in our socks and to open our gifts to each other. These socks don't really look like socks anymore, but they sure are fun to open!
You may recognize this fabric from a picture at Amber's shower. Julie made her a baby blanket and since she had some scraps left over I used them to make a small ribbon blanket for the baby. These are very popular now and the babies seem to love the ribbons. Jennie with her camera and Christmas sock.
Next we are off to the Sessions for the afternoon and dinner. Jodie thought it would be fun to have a Swedish theme this year as we have several of Mom's and Grandma Raymond's things that we could use. We all brought a Swedish dish and Jodie and Amber went to Ikea in Canada and brought back some fun snacks.
The table is set with Mom's Irish Linen tablecloth that Dad brought back from Ireland. We also used her sterling silverware and Waterford water glasses. The dishes belonged to our Grandma Raymond and are the Canterbury pattern by Syracuse China. They were used for their everyday dishes when our dad was growing up. I always take a closeup picture of the table, yet on this special occasion I forgot.
It's after dinner and we all look like we could take a nap. So, you can ignore the people and look at the place settings as this is the closest picture I have of them.
Jennifer and Amber with their Uncle Dennis
As Luke would say this is our "favorite" nephew Luke and my sister Julie.
Of course we can say that as he is our ONLY nephew.
God Jul
(Merry Christmas)
