Last night was our family party with the whole family. We are so big that we have to have the gathering in a church social hall. My grandmother is one of four siblings, so the family extends from those four sisters. We always have lots of food, including my Aunt Shelby's famous chocolate cream cake - yum! Then, the children always do some performing/entertaining. Emma and Hannah danced the twelve days of Christmas while Courtney and Whitney sang. Then, after finally getting the courage, Emma also sang in the microphone "Deck the Halls." This was a huge improvement from last year since neither of them did anything last year. Santa also stopped by and gave some presents to the children. The adults then played our gift exchange game, which was a "left and right" game this year. It was one of the longest parties I can remember having. It lasted from 6 and we didn't leave until almost 10. We are surely a diverse group of people and we have grown so much that it is impossible to have everyone together at one time aside from this night. So, it is always nice to catch up with extended family and enjoy our time while we have it.
our "cheese" faces
kids in the front waiting to perform
dancing The Twelve Days of Christmas
solo performance
Gaga's babies
Santa and Hannah
Santa and Emma
helping the girls open their presents
the four sisters - two still have their husbands
These last three pictures are just the semi circle in front me - I could not get everyone in a picture
If my count was accurate - 69 people were there last night!
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