Lee and Clara were both sheep in the Christmas pageant this year. Bridges was an angel and I was a shepherd (a last minute switch between us since I was more willing to take the risk of shepherding an un-shepherdable Clara). Clara, however, did great, only losing it during the final walk down the aisle, attempting to take off her sheep costume in the process. Lee took her role as a sheep very seriously. All in all it was a lot of fun. My family attended that night and came back afterward for Christmas Eve dinner.
My parents spent the night and were here with us for Christmas morning, and after breakfast they left and went to Linda's house while we got dinner ready. Bridges' family joined us around noon for a gift exchange, and then everyone (all 14 of us) gathered together for Christmas dinner (our crown roast of pork below).
It was a long few days, and I think next year we may try to do something a little more low-key because there was a lot of coming and going.
Here are the girls in their coordinating Christmas dresses. Try as I might I could not get a decent picture of the two of them together.
Here they are playing with the dollhouse we gave them.
We were supposed to leave the next day for a weekend at Sugarloaf, but warm and rainy weather combined with colds we just couldn't shake convinced us to stay put. We ended up being home for over a week, catching up on projects, taking the kids swimming, working out, and just feeling like we had all the time in the world.
We had a few friends in for an early New Year's Eve (we counted down around 7 pm, and everyone was gone by 8:30) .
Then we went and spent some time with Bridges' parents. It was a nice visit, and they were kind enough to keep the girls for a day while I came home and had some time to myself and Bridges went skinning up and telemarking down Mt. Washington.
All in all, it was a wonderful holiday season filled with good food and drink, lots of family, and wonderful peace and relaxation.
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