On Christmas Night we have a party with the extended Jensen family. The party was at Trav's parent's house this year and they made delicious smoked ham and prime rib and for dessert Trav's brother Cody made caramel apple cheesecake. Of all of the parties we went to this year this one definitely had the best food. Just like the party at Grandma Janice's, only the kids get presents from everyone and all of the adults bring a generic present to share. This was only the second year of doing the generic game and everyone is still trying to figure it out. Maybe next year everyone will get it. Even though we were both exhausted from our two days of fun, we really enjoyed getting to spend time with all of our family to celebrate the holidays. As long as we are able we will continue to run around and go to every party. Neither one of us is willing to sacrifice time with any family and all of the running around is definitely worth it.
Trav's cousin Chad, his wife Emily, and their youngest Dresden who is 18 mo.
Trav and his Aunt Karen
Aunt Kathy with the ornaments we made at the Aunt's and kid's party. Mine is abviously the good looking one on the left and Trav's is the ugly one on the right.
Cody, his friend Kyle (or Kyo as Trav calls him) and Aunt Wendy.
Kat got a new knit hat that I made her model even though she was worried about her hair. 
Trav's cousin Derek got bongo drums from Nana and Pa which he annoyed Pa with the rest of the night.
We gave Nana a compilation of all of the Christmas stories Trav has written over years. He plans on adding a story every year. He gave one to both grandmas and his mom.
Trav's cousin Sam and Dresden also annoying Pa with the Bongo drums.
Here we are playing the generic gift game. Trav wrote the story this year. It was a cute story about a war between the different colors of christmas gift bows. Each time he said red we passed the gift to the right and we passed it left when he said any other color. (Of course Trav made it into a red vs. blue story and managed to make fun of Max Hall in the process) We ended up passing over 60 times.
Trav's cousin Chad, his wife Emily, and their youngest Dresden who is 18 mo.
Trav and his Aunt Karen
Aunt Kathy with the ornaments we made at the Aunt's and kid's party. Mine is abviously the good looking one on the left and Trav's is the ugly one on the right.
Cody, his friend Kyle (or Kyo as Trav calls him) and Aunt Wendy.
Kat got a new knit hat that I made her model even though she was worried about her hair. 
Trav's cousin Derek got bongo drums from Nana and Pa which he annoyed Pa with the rest of the night.
We gave Nana a compilation of all of the Christmas stories Trav has written over years. He plans on adding a story every year. He gave one to both grandmas and his mom.
Trav's cousin Sam and Dresden also annoying Pa with the Bongo drums.
Here we are playing the generic gift game. Trav wrote the story this year. It was a cute story about a war between the different colors of christmas gift bows. Each time he said red we passed the gift to the right and we passed it left when he said any other color. (Of course Trav made it into a red vs. blue story and managed to make fun of Max Hall in the process) We ended up passing over 60 times.The Jensen Party marks the end of our Christmas festivities. This year Christmas seemed to come way to fast and end way to soon. I can't wait until we have some little ones to celebrate with. Christmas seems to lose some of its magic and excitement without kids. Hopefully we'll be able to add some little ones to our family soon.
1 comments:
Hi Pam! Looks like you guys had a great Christmas, and way too much fun at the family Christmas party. Hey, I didn't know Travis was a writer... Your snowmen are both very cute.
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