Friday, December 23, 2016

Christmas Eve Eve

We decided to get brave and host Christmas for the Mattern side of the family at our new house. We had Dad and Cindy, Steph, Lester, Draven, Corbin, Mitch, Courtney and Weston. Everyone from this side got to come with the exception of Jess, Chris and their family.


 We decided this would be a good trial run to see how it goes hosting things at our house. It worked wonderfully and it is so fun to be in the new, bigger house. We had a blast! There was a lot of wine and laughing and the kids had a great time together. Dad had a Santa hat on and Weston thought he was the real deal Santa which made everyone crack up all night long. When Dad and Cindy came they carried in 3 wrapped gifts very carefully and when Dad handed them to me he told me to make sure that I kept them upright because they had air holes in them. I know my dad and I knew he was just messing with Bryce, Caleb and Draven but those boys about went nuts all night long trying to figure out what in the world could be in those boxes. When it came time to open them they were disappointed to find out Grandpa had wrapped up coal for them and they did not get an animal. It was fun to see everyone and we were thrilled that this worked out since this was the only time the kids would get to see these cousins this Christmas. Thanks everyone was making the trip to Lincoln!


The boys table


Aunt Steph got Emmy a dog as big as her. She loves him and decided to call him Muff randomly.

The boys opening their boxes with air holes.


Grandma and Grandpa and the kids. I think if Dad wanted some extra income in Dec he could bleach the beard and pass for Santa.

Most of the group. Someone had to take the picture.

Our family including Lucy

We got Weston and trike and he pretty much wasn't willing to give up his spot on that the rest of the night.

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