Christmas Afternoon

We headed over to Mom's, after church, for our annual family gathering. The highlights, for me, were clear:

1. Celebrating the babies' first Christmas – Reid and Graham are such blessings to our family – and we adore them.

2. Having Grandma Haymond and Grandma Kake with us – their love and their presence is a great gift.

3. Exchanging gifts bought and created with love – it's so fun to share gifts with each other. One of my favorite exchanges was the "favorites thing" white elephant we did with the sibling adults – we had to choose a favorite thing that was $10 or under and we traded them white elephant style. Lots of laughs on that one (especially when Mark ended up with earrings in the end). I also loved seeing the joy on Caleb's face as he gave gifts – he was especially proud of the red "diamond" earrings he bought for Nana and the wool clutch purses he embellished for his aunts.