For Christmas Day dinner, I hosted Chris, Casey, Danny, Sarah and Ingrid. MaryR joined us for dessert and that added to the conversation and the festivities. Sarah surprised me with her observation about two new ornaments on the tree that had not been there when we did the decorating. Ingrid had given me two ornaments for Christmas and I didn't hang them when we did the project with the grand kids. Amazingly enough, Sarah noticed and noted the two new items out of the approximately 100 items she, Danny, Chris and I had hung on Thursday evening. Amazing memory for a four year old!
I baked fresh salmon for dinner (chicken for the kids) and Ingrid contributed with mashed potatoes and she whipped up her own dressing for a spinach salad. Casey prepped the asparagus and I had acquired mango salsa for the salmon and all in all we had a great Christmas dinner.
Today, I joined Casey's family in Concord and the menu was non-stop with turkey and ham being the protein of choice! Of course, there were veggies and potatoes and sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce and...and...and...
It was a blast with Casey's three brothers, therir spouses and a total of four kids all enjoying another round of gift unwrapping and discovery of new toys. Later in the day, additional friends arrived and that added more to the day's events.
Monday I take Chris and clan to the airport. I am going to hate saying goodbye, its been such a wonderful week with them here.
Merry Christmas!
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