Woolley Christmas

At 10am on Christmas Day, all of the Woolley's arrived for Christmas brunch.  Danila prepared all of the food for us, which was great, and then we headed to the family room to open presents.  I ended up stuck in the corner feeding Lauren (big surprise!).  Fortunately, we have a big sectional couch, so there was actually room for all of us to sit down while Danila passed out the packages.

11 Stockings - We're about out of mantle space

Here are some pictures of the present-opening.  There was so many of us opening presents that I know I didn't get to see every present opened or know who gave which present.  I think everyone received some very nice things and we all had an enjoyable morning - I think we spent over an hour opening presents, and I know all of the grandkids were spoiled by their Grandma and Grandpa Woolley!

 

 

 

 

 

Even the dogs got presents from Santa that they opened together!  But at the end of the day, they were totally exhausted.

 

Lauren slept through her first Christmas....at first with me holding her, and later on with Aunt Rachel practicing for her new little one that is scheduled to arrive in early March.

After we opened our presents, we all took naps.  The Ely's headed home so Gavin could nap at home and everyone at our house also managed to get in at least a small nap.  While I was napping Danila actually got the table set and everything ready for our Christmas dinner, which we scheduled for 4:30pm so the boys could watch the Laker game that started at 5.  (Although I'd love to sit and chat at the table for more than 30 minutes, we were being realistic that it might just be the ladies at the table after 30 minutes.)  Danila wanted to make it easy for us to host Christmas, so all I had to do was get the house ready and make the meat -- she took care of everything else.  It was delightful!!!  We had a ton of food (prime rib, ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, salad, rolls and more) and I'm confident that everyone got enough to eat!  After dinner (and time to digest!) we also had a fabulous spread of desserts -- pumpkin, apple, and blackberry pies, plus chocolate chip cheesecake. 

We had a wonderful day with family celebrating the birth of Jesus.  We're thankful for great family time and great food as well!