Visiting Shawn on Christmas morning

We stopped by Shawn's house to have cinnamon rolls and open gifts before going to Church on Christmas morning

Christmas day

Scott, Lynn and I had a quiet Christmas morning opening gifts and enjoying the fire before going to Shawn's house and then on to church services.

Christmas Eve 2011 at Jon and and Jan's house.

Anna was Mary in our little nativity scene.  Expectant women are so beautiful!
Charlotee and Sadie had on their Christmas jammies from Grandma Jan. We watched our traditional Claymation Christmas DVD.

Grandma's party on December 23, 2011.  We had a ham dinner with the trimmings and played our traditional game of "MRS. WRIGHT and MR. LEFT.  Everyone got an ornament or memento from past Christmases at our house.

Christmas 2011

We had fun at Grandma School building a castle with our new blocks and teaching Sadie how to play Chutes and Ladders.  Charlotte wanted to get into the action too!

It is goodbye to my beautiful fall arrangements and hello Christmas!

 Our front year.  The Nandina plants have red berries.

 Fall flowers in front yard.

 Yes, Virginia, we have autumn colors in California!!!

 We were each putting a kernel of corn in a basket and telling of a blessing we were thankful for.

Family and friends around the table were: Jon, Jan and family, Rory, Jess and girls, Joanna and Cody Barker, Anna and Justin Lance, Lance and Danielle Pettit, the Marsden's and children (Anna's family), family friend, Eugene Elliott, Lynn, Jean, Scott and Shawn.  Jan's new table built by the Amish came last summer and managed to seat all of us!

It was time to say grace and express our thanks for family and a bountiful feast!