Christmas Eve 2011!

Our first time hosting the Christmas Eve family party went great! We had an awesome pot luck spread of ham, tri tip, cheesey potatoes, a crock pot vegetable medley, a yummy spinach, almond and orange salad, rolls...and of course I made some fun little desserts.


No pie or cake this year, just some snowman cupcakes, snowball cookies and Santa hat brownies!

I also made a cute little Christmas tree veggie platter. Thanks Pinterest for these ideas!

Lily loved her new dress, didn't seem to miss the polka dot one at all. She was sooo very excited for the party. We heard her awake and talking to herself about the party and Christmas around 2am LOL.

Such a Princess :)

Xander looked quite handsome <3 

Hayden was a little crabby, but looked super cute anyway.

What a HUGE change since their 1st Christmas!

Our first guest to arrive was Evan, in his full "robot" gear according to Xander who tried it all on for a second or two.

Daddy and little man Jericho, looking spiffy too.

Jericho had such a great 1st Christmas...hard to believe this time last year I was very pregnant with him.

Jericho and his Great Uncle Steve...they share a birthday :)

It was a full house, such great company :)

Almost grub time!

Uncle Rick and Jericho :)

The kids were the life of the party, once Hayden decided to come join the party...such a shy girl sometimes.

They could not wait to open gifts. Xander, in true pesticle fashion, helped open a few gifts that weren't his.

Jericho didn't seem to have any trouble opening his first gifts :) 

Jason played Elf this year, such a thankless job :)

We had calendars made for my brothers and sister, Jason's mom, Dad and Grandpa, and his brother and sister too...they were a big hit :)

Jericho got his very own fabric book made by Grandma, like the ones the trio got on their 1st Christmas.

Uncle's Rick and Scott got some gun stuff too, always a good gift.

Grandma loved the salt dough handprint snowmen we made for her!

Jericho got a cute ornament from Great Aunt Julie, it matches ones she got for the triplets last year! 

Auntie Amber hanging with the munchkin.

The kids wanted to play with so many new toys, the house got seriously trashed LOL. 

Beer in a growler, right up there with gun stuff in the cool gift column hehehe.

First chance he gets, trying to wreck the tree :)

Even after getting changed for bed, this 'Little Elf' has trouble on his mind <3

Merry 1st Christmas Jericho, and a very Merry Christmas to all! Thank you so much everyone :)