Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Albin Early Christmas Celebration

Last night we had our Christmas celebration with Chet and Karen (Andy's dad and step-mom). We had a pizza and salad dinner first. Then we exchanged our Christmas gifts with them.

J.T. was kind-of being a stinker (I don't think he was feeling very well) during dinner, but he perked up a little bit when it was time to open gifts...


Abigail got some new flannel pink princess pajamas.

Here's at the end of the evening.... showing off some of the gifts.

Every year, we do this early celebration a week or two before Christmas. It's nice to have time to relax and enjoy our celebration before the real craziness begins! We all received some very nice gifts. Karen had a theme for all of our gifts... "Family Time." We received some gift cards for lots of fun activities, DVDs, treats, and more. We also received some individual gifts.

Andy is excited about his "Power Station" which has an air compressor, can jump start a battery, and is a power inverter. I loved all the goodies we got, but my favorite gift is a gift certificate to my favorite Spa..... pedicure or massage here I come!

One of the gifts we gave Chet and Karen (which I do every year) is a calendar. Each month has a different picture that I took. Here's a quick slideshow of the photos I used for all 12 months.

2 comments:

karen said...

We really enjoyed our evening with all of you! Our Christmas celebrations with you are always special & bring back great memories! Next year will be #5!MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Shelley said...

I would love a calendar gift like that if I was a grandma! I think homemade stuff is the best!