Back: Bill, John, Chris, Peggy, Caroline, Brad, Johnny, Danny, Mitch, Rory, Jeff, Scotty
Middle: Doug, Derek, Kyle, Ben, Kate, Winnie, Eddy, Gail, Neil, Laura, Tyler, BB, Charlotte, Evan, Glenna
Front: Heather, Kenji, Rachelle, Dallas, Makai, Naoko, Hanako, Tommy, Miko, Austin, Hideto, Krystyn, Alexia, Carter, Amanda, Aly, Everly
Photos from inside the crowd!
Caroline, Danny, Winnie, Krystyn, Aunty Gail, Aunty Laura, Naoko
Dallas, Kyle
Brad, Amanda, Uncle BB, Jeff, Rachelle, Makai
This was the 12th year in a row that we have gone to Dallas’s Aunty Gail’s house for Christmas dinner. The thing this year that I really came to realize is that the kids who were the little kids when I first started going to Aunty Gail’s house are now adults and there is a whole slew of other little kids. Tons.
Makai and Hanako. Hana is one day older!
Back: Kenji, Hideto, Ben, Eddy, Chris, Mitch, Alexia, Charlotte
Front: Hanako, Kate, Austin, Makai, Rory, Derek, Johnny (trying to escape), Tommy, Everly, Tyler, Cartter
Make a silly face! (photo by Heather)
Makai, Johnny, Carter with Hana and Eddy climbing the banister. (photo by Heather)
Hana and Lulu (Alexia)
Charlotte
Makai loves to play with all of his “cousins.” I don’t even keep track of where he is or what he is doing. Someone is there to hopefully make sure he doesn’t crack his head open. (I saw kids jumping off the steps and off the couch.) Makai ate a good dinner, I’m not sure how, since he LOVES to help himself to the M&M dispenser in Aunty Gail’s kitchen.
Jeff
Makai, Rory
Rory
Eddy, Hanako
Kenji, Derek, Tommy
Tyler, Carter
Hideto, Kate (Mitch and his girlfriend Cassidy in the background.)
Naoko’s delicious and beautiful cake
Every year Aunty Gail makes beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes, corn, green bean casserole and her mom’s lettuce/mayo/crab/pea salad. It never varies. This year Jeff carved the roast beast. I made a tray of cookies to share for dessert. There were a few other desserts too. Naoko made an amazing chocolate cake.
The annual gift exchange.
Doug, Aunty Gail, Danny, Kyle, John (photo by Heather)
Danny forcing Mitch to hand over his gift (photo by Heather)
I knew what I wanted in the gift exchange because I saw Scotty wrapping it in the other room. So I kept stealing it and we got it. An Amazon Echo puck and some smart outlet plug thing.
Back: Aunty Peggy, Aunty Laura, Aunty Glenna
Front: Aunty Gail, Uncle Neil, Bill, Uncle BB
Aunty Gail’s Family (photo by Heather)
Back: Mitch, Jeff, Chris, Aunty Gail, Hanako, Naoko, Doug
Front: Heather, Tommy, Kenji, Eddy
Uncle Neil and Aunty Peggy’s Family (photo by Heather)
Back: John, Miko, Peggy, Neil, Austin, Kyle, Kate, Winnie
Front: Ben, Derek
Aunty Laura and Bill’s Family (photo by Heather)
Scotty, Krystyn, Bill, Aunty Laura, Hideto, Johnny, Caroline, Rory, Danny
Uncle BB and Aunty Glenna’s Family
Back: Brad, Evan, Tyler, Uncle BB, Aunty Glenna, Alexia
Front: Carter, Amanda, Charlotte, Aly, Everly
Christmas Dinners Past:
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