A day late and a dollar short-wrapping up Christmas memories part 1

Now that 2016 is well under way, I thought I’d better hurry up and share some memories of Christmas 2015.

(I always seem to be running after the bus, so to speak.)

The season started out with some great helpers decorating our house and tree.  Our children and the grands always do so much of the decorating for us.  Yes, we are spoiled!  

We tried to simplify things this year, and yet we still had a lot of things we couldn’t do without.  

There were parties....

 Our ward party at our church had individual people hosting a table- being responsible for the dishes, centerpieces, and decorations.  There were all kinds of looks, but it all made for a festive atmosphere.  

 This was our table and we enjoyed hosting some dear old friends.

 

We also hosted several family parties at our home.  My side of the family had over fifty people.  We had tables everywhere!  (Paper plates this time!)

And of course some delicious food!  The dessert table made for some hard decisions!  Some people started cutting things in small bites to allow for tasting everything.

 My husband's family party was equally fun and almost as large.

Some of the kids escaped to the basement for some Nintendo time.

To be continued.....