Christmas 2009

Christmas this year was quite busy. On the 21st, Brandon and I drove to Bothell, to visit his brother and sister-in-law. (Ben and Megan) We hung out with Megan until Ben got home around 8, then went out for ice cream. Brandon's parents came up the next day, and we had our "Harvill Christmas" (Megan was 9 months pregnant at the time, and didn't want to travel too far from home) We had prime rib for dinner, and pumpkin pie and wassail for dessert while we opened our presents. Wednesday, Brandon and I came home, to hang out with my side of the family. My Uncle Mark flew in from Chicago, and my brother Dj and his wife Katie flew up with their baby, Anna. Levi and Claire also drove up to spend the week with us. Christmas Eve we had a little party, Nate and Mike came out, and Brandon's parents came by, we had a full house. We played games and ate some snacks, and went to bed late. Christmas morning we all got up and opened our presents. 11 adults, 3 kids, and 2 hours later we had some breakfast, opened up the rock em sock em robots, and Mom's new Wii, and played for the rest of the morning. We then had our Christmas lunch of turkey and the fixings. That afternoon Brandon and I went to hang out with his parents and some of their friends, Jenny and Rod. Jenny made some yummy food, and dessert-we opened presents and had good conversation. Once everyone had finally gone home (Monday) the house seemed extremely empty, and I finally had the chance to start catching up on much missed sleep. Needless to say, the holiday was a fun and happy one, and we are glad to have gotten the chance for so many of us to be together. 

Christmas with the Harvill's :)

some of the boys, doing what they do best

Me, Heber and Mark

Mark and Anna

ALL of our stockings

Our tree and the pile of loot

Brandon and Regan

Me and Mom :)

Brandon opening his big gift from Mom and Dad

Dad and Mark, reliving the past

Regan learning to unwrap

Anna showing him how to do it

All the boys shooting their guns

Merry Christmas!