Family Dinner at Jake and Carmel's

Yes, I know, we keep getting together and opening presents (Danielle and family's turn to open presents with Jeremy's family and Jake's family)!  I hope some year Tony and Elizabeth will bring Izabel to spend Christmas with us. It was also very sad that Miranda wasn't here but she is taking every opportunity while she is teaching in Saudi Arabia to see more of the world. We miss her, but can't blame her! If you happen to look at the last photo - make sure you read the caption, it's not what it looks like!

Gary and I played against Chance and Garett in darts.

Chance and Garett were also playing ping-pong.

Gary and I won, but it was all Gary and this was his last turn!!

For baby brother

I wanna play!

Jocelynn gets a hat from Jessi and Abby

Like father, like daughter!

Gary looks puzzled - it's a massage roller from Jake and Carmel

Another present for Colton!

This was a big hit!

I wanna play this one, too!

I love Abby's flying hair!

and Sona's!

Look Mom!

Grandma Diane with Colton - isn't he so sweet??

Jessi wanted Uncle Jeremy to show her some magic tricks

This is not what you think! In October Jake seriously injured his fingernails at an orchard when he pulled some sweet potatoes out of the ground. Both nails on his middle fingers where ripped off and parts of a sweet potato were embedded under the nail of one of his middle fingers. OUCH!!! Carmel had to take him to the emergency room after waiting in a long line out of the orchard to pay for the crops.  Fortunately, when they saw the blood, they let them go through without paying. Well, he held up both of his middle fingers to show us how they were finally growing back and we were all cracking up at how he looked like he was flipping us off with both fingers. So of course, I had to take a picture. Fortunately, his fingers are healing.