Christmas 2006
My parents and sister (Lauren) & her fiancé (Kevin) came to our house for Christmas! Lauren and Kevin live in town, and my parents stayed with us. Kevin works in retail and only got Christmas Day off, so we got to celebrate locally! They are also counting down to Wedding Day (January 6th) and the extra time here was good for Lauren's planning.
We did a big dinner: turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, yams, broccoli rice casserole, and rolls. For appetizers we had pumpkin dip with apples and spinach dip with bread. For dessert we had pumpkin pie and cherry cheesecake, but no one had any of that until much later - we were stuffed! My sister cooked the turkey, and my mom kept busy the ENTIRE morning by washing all the dishes we (okay, mostly I) kept using. I think the record was a tie between the mini food processor and my biggest bowl - each receiving 4 washes. What a big help that was! My dad helped a whole lot with the turkey and ham, as well as dealing with the onions (I cry too much). Joe did the mashed potatoes and gravy. We all pulled together for the rest of it (I'm a great delegator) and ate at a resonable time. I was very grateful for our open kitchen - there's no way we could have done it in any of the other apartments we've lived in. It was a lot of fun and we have a LOT of food still (I definitely over estimated).
I have NO Christmas pictures for this year! We didn't take pictures because we hadn't showered when we were opening gifts (between all the cooking and then the food-induced stupor, we did not have time to shower).
This was the first time for my immediate family that we haven't been at one of my grandparents for Christmas Day. As much as I love getting to see a bunch of my family, it was really neat to find out that we could still have a great Christmas with the smaller group.
We did a big dinner: turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, yams, broccoli rice casserole, and rolls. For appetizers we had pumpkin dip with apples and spinach dip with bread. For dessert we had pumpkin pie and cherry cheesecake, but no one had any of that until much later - we were stuffed! My sister cooked the turkey, and my mom kept busy the ENTIRE morning by washing all the dishes we (okay, mostly I) kept using. I think the record was a tie between the mini food processor and my biggest bowl - each receiving 4 washes. What a big help that was! My dad helped a whole lot with the turkey and ham, as well as dealing with the onions (I cry too much). Joe did the mashed potatoes and gravy. We all pulled together for the rest of it (I'm a great delegator) and ate at a resonable time. I was very grateful for our open kitchen - there's no way we could have done it in any of the other apartments we've lived in. It was a lot of fun and we have a LOT of food still (I definitely over estimated).
I have NO Christmas pictures for this year! We didn't take pictures because we hadn't showered when we were opening gifts (between all the cooking and then the food-induced stupor, we did not have time to shower).
This was the first time for my immediate family that we haven't been at one of my grandparents for Christmas Day. As much as I love getting to see a bunch of my family, it was really neat to find out that we could still have a great Christmas with the smaller group.
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