Belated Holiday Post

Christmas 2008!
A bit belated, but fun nonetheless! Michael and I had a ball hosting our first married Christmas and were blessed to have our families and several friends in town for the activities! It was a week of non-stop eating, drinking, laughing, stories and games. We are blessed to have such fun families and we had a ball!

My brother Saeth came in from California. Here are the guys on Christmas day:

We opened gifts for several hours on Christmas morning (after a delicious breakfast spread prepared by my dear husband)...


Nicholas served as the present-distributor, while our dads kept an eye on things!The Wii was the "hit gift". Here is Stephanie guiding Nicholas as he masters the snow-boarding game. Later on, mom took a turn on the slopes, shredding some powder...

Later, we Gronbergs/Luetgers embarked on our first ever Jello contest. It's a long-standing Kolell family tradition in which everyone makes a secret jello recipe...then votes for his/her favorite. It's highly competitive (run by a former Secret Service agent--no joke) and lots of fun.

Here we are with the trophy. Cousin Kelly won. None of the "newbies" stood a chance!Christmas Day eve was the annual white elephant exchange. Hilarity ensued. Especially when I opened Kevin's "cleverest" gift yet...

Michael was quite fond of the "grill" he recieved. (in case you're wondering, yes, he wore the same outfit for about 48 hours straight! And loved every minute of it! haha)There was, of course, tons of eating. But that's just par for this course...

Even Oggy got into the holiday spirit. Well, sort of.

Later in the week, we had another party, with some extended family and old friends, which was great fun.

We met the new baby...

And got a good chuckle at one of the not-so-new babies carefully consuming his chocolate cookie.

Merry Christmas!