Christmas Eve we had our annual crab dinner. This time we supplemented with prime rib instead of ribs but we heard no complaints. Everyone except Elise was able to be there, and we had Elise on the phone quite a bit to keep her and Andy in the loop as much as possible.
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| Avie |
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| Adrienne, Jordon, Jennie and Ollie |
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| Roy, Sara and Jieun |
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| Hyeji, Dan, Ollie Matt and Bridget, NIck, Effie and Ori |
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| Bridget, Ila and Catharine |
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| Finn and Yuna--Finn and his brothers each had an annoying barking toy dog from a previous Christmas activity. Adrienne finally confiscated the toys and we were grateful. |
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This was the first year we've tried to reenact the nativity story. Ruby was the angel. When it was
time for her part, she spoke up loudly and clearly. She was taking it very seriously.
Next year I'll have to improve on the costumes, but the kids didn't mind using dish towels
and other assorted dress-ups. |
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Hyeji was a beautiful Mary, and Gunnar was a handsome Joseph. Oli, the shepherd
looks on lovingly at our baby Jesus (Bridget) |
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| Effie, Yuna, Finn, Gunnar, Hyeji, Bridget, Ori, Doyeon, Greta, Ruby, and Avie (front and center) |
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| Time for presents |
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| Ila, Caitlyn Face timing with Elise, Roy, Jieun and Dojin |
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The girls all got matching nightgowns and a book
from Grandma and Grandpa |
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| Grandma handing out gifts. |
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And for dessert, Sara had made Creme Brulee. Matt added a pie and Sara had also made a
Harry Potter Butterbeer cake for the kiddos, complete with snitches made out of Rocheros. |
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| Greta, Ori, Gunnar, Adrienne, and Finn with Roy on the sideline. |
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| Oli |
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Here are the Greens in their pajamas. Finn opened his first and Oli
was very jealous of the Raiders pajamas, then he found out he got them, too.
Gunnar's more into Harry Potter. |
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| Cait, Sara and Effie, Gunnar and Adrienne |
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| Yuna, Jennie, Jordan, Hyeji, Nick, Doyeon, Avie, Finn and Gunnar |
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| All the grandchildren who were in attendance. |
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| And the children: Jennie, Dan, Nick, Caitlyn, Crista, Adrienne, and photo bomber Ila. We missed Elise!!! |
The Greens were the first to leave to get their over-excited children to bed. They were happy to go because they knew that Santa was scheduled to arrive at midnight. Unfortunately, Oli was so excited that he checked in every hour from the time he went to bed until his parents finally gave up and let them all open presents. Ila was the only one to get enough sleep.
Caitlyn took some adorable pictures of the family:
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| Yuna |
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| Dojin, Yuna, Oli and Gunnar |
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| Hyeji |
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| Matt with his girls |
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Andy's gift from us were these flashy pants. (This picture was taken
in Georgia and was not taken by Caitlyn) |
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| Dan and Caitlyn--obviously siblings! |
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| Greta and Grandma |
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| Effie |
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| Dojin |
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| Ila |
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| Bridget |
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| Effie, Ori, Finn, Yuna |
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| Effie, Ori and Avie |
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| Matt and Bridget |
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| Finn and Yuna |
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| Roy, Gunnar and Hyeji |
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| The newlyweds, Jennie and Jordan with a photo bomber--Yuna |
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| Crista and Caitlyn, also obviously siblings |
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Caitlyn and Jieun
Christmas Day 2019
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| Jieun came over and gave us facials. |
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| Ruby got a sled from Santa |
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Crista and Greta (Ruby told me the nightgowns weren't
modest because they could slip off the shoulder). |
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| Greta |
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| Roy and Catharine |
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| Crista and Bridget |
And Ila got a new kitchen for Christmas
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| Roy and Bridget cuddling |
The night after Christmas we all drove down to Santaquin to celebrate with Grandpa. He'd requested music, so Crista, Caitlyn, Dan and I provided some violin and piano numbers. All of his kids and most of his grandkids were there, along with a lot of his great grandkids. I think it made him pretty happy.
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