everyone visited and snacked on cheese trays until everyone arrived. mom and dad arrived next and began carrying in packages. when they were finished, mom whipped up a gravy from the beef tenderloin drippings {thank goodness! i love to cook, but i've never, not once, made gravy}.
we snapped a few pictures, and then everyone grabbed a seat.
i strung this ribbon up on sunday night. our christmas cards were starting to clutter up the mantle, and i couldn't see each of them. i had some extra ribbon lying around, so i created this. it doesn't photograph super well, but i still think it's cute.
this picture is a little blurry, but i went ahead and posted it to capture the warmth of the colors in the room. don't mind our outdoor table and chairs. we have our round table our dining area most of the time, and it definitely won't seat nine people.
little parker and papaw just hanging out in the kitchen waiting for dinner to be served.
you're taking me away from the food??
the leaches - such a great picture of them
dinner time! i wish the sweet potato juices hadn't run everywhere for this picture {put it's justin's favorite part}. everything turned out incredibly well! i was so happy as it was my first time to have made most of it. i like cooking but am always afraid people won't like it {we have some very picky eaters}, but everyone loved it. i think a new holiday meal tradition has been born!
travis tried the pork, too {on the left}
rolls in our gorgeous, new silver bowl from penni dawn
li'l p trying some mashed potatoes from papaw's plate & miss sierra getting her plate ready
he's a sneaky little guy ...
travis started to take a bite of the buttermilk pie before i stopped him and told him i needed a picture.
since the pie was such a big deal, i wanted to capture every bit of his first reaction as he tasted it for the first time. i'm still so excited that he told his mom it was better than any she or sue had ever made!!
time to open presents
we had such a great, great night. once parker was down and ready for bed, we continued the festivities with a few games of kent. {and travis actually played on my team!! and we won!!}
i loved our family christmas at our house. everyone was pretty wiped out and headed out around midnight. justin, lindsay, and parker were doing his first christmas morning at their house and had to drive home. hayley and david headed out as well. mom, dad, and sierra all stayed the night so we could all wake up together and do christmas morning together.
travis and i have had fun playing host to so many people we love over the past weekend. thank you all for coming!
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