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Christmas Celebration #2

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By Sarah
There are wonderful things at Grandma & Grandpa Smith's house: great family, great food, Goldberg, the Golden Retriever (and lots of milk bones to treat her with), and the toy kitchen. Oh, and they had A LOT more snow than we did! We were shocked as we drove up!

Draw name presents on Christmas Eve are a blast. Everyone does such a good job picking out presents. We were thrilled with the book & DVD Scott gave us, & I have a feeling he (& Mark & Brennen) liked his Mets shoes. I was blown away by the sweater Carla found for Kaelah & was wondering if she really stayed under the $10 kids limit.
The day after Christmas we were lucky enough to go visit Dan's grandmother with Stacie & her family. I adore the way she laughs as she watches her great-grandchildren run around and always says whatever present you give her was too much (even though her presents are better).
Uh, oh, we're out of order here, but here's a shot from opening presents together on Christmas Eve. Kaleah mostly just stared in amazement and wondered what the heck was going on. She refused to open presents or even pay attention to hers much. At least we didn't have to remove her from the situation like we did last year -- gives me hope for the future!
While in the state we got to have a mini Maeser 78 reunion at Melissa's townhouse. Thanks for the wonderful dinner & fudge, but most of all, friendship! These 2 women know me better than any other friends in the entire world. From left to right: Esmerelda, Belle, & Snow White. (We were laughing about that at the dinner table.) Hopefully someday we can get the entire Maeser crew back together. Perhaps an appearance at DisneyLand?
3 wonderful cousins all born within 2 months of each other in 3 different states:
Evie, Kaelah, & Berks. How do you tell one-year-olds what a photo shoot is? It was pretty hilarious to attempt even if none of the pictures will win any prizes. (:
My favorite Christmas picture: the 15 fantastic cousins. These are some of the coolest people ever born. Was there really no fighting this year? What?!? I don't think Christmas happended! (; Ages? If I remember correctly: 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 8, 7 (x2), 5, 3, 2 (x2), & 1 (x3). And with the help of these guys' parents, imagine how fast we can go through a table full of yummy Christmas desserts! My guess is that by the time Dan's parents get home from their mission there will be 20 cousins to take a picture of the Christmas of 2010!

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