12/25/2010 We went to Darren and Shannon's house in Seattle to celebrate Christmas with the Carlsen side of the family. We had a great time as always! We had a wonderful honey baked spiral ham, mashed potatoes, nummy green beans and lots of other great food. Hmmmmm mmmm good! We don't exchange presents with the adults but we do a gift exchange where we play a dice game that is really fun. The idea is if you roll a 1 or a 6 you can steal a gift from someone else. The game is played for 7 minutes. Once the buzzer rings, you get the gift you have in your hands. This year was a spectacular snowman platter that Linda had brought and I did have it for a short time in my lap, but Andrea stole it from me and then the buzzer went off! Ugh! I still got a wonderful canister filled with cookies. Jeff ended up with Shamwow shammies and a gift card to Sports Authority. The kids then opened their presents and loved everything! Electronics (Wii and Xbox games) were the thing this year, and of course Ryan got a giraffe pillow chum and called it Snoopy! She loved it! She put it on the ground and immediately laid on it and loved on it. So much fun to be with family! Merry Christmas everyone!
