Christmas Eve

The weather forecast didn't have a white Christmas in it but this is how it was looking about 1 PM.

By 5:00 we had over two inches and it was still coming down.  James came up to visit us until the party at Uhlenkott's and told us about the a wreck just down the hill from our driveway.

Josh and Jordon came to follow us down as he had never been to Dan and Robin's.  The wreck, wrecker and WSP were still there when we went down the hill.

 We had plenty to snack on as we waited for Santa to arrive.  This was just the start because much more showed up as the evening went on.  Dan and Robin provided turkey, stuffing, gravy and soft drinks, that along with what everyone else brought made for a great dinner.

It is always fun watching the kids interacting with Santa.

Jordon was really interested in the candy cane Santa gave him.

When I went out to the car later I noticed that Santa had forgotten one of his reindeer.

After dinner it was time for the gift exchange, Michelle is trying to see which package to choose or maybe steal one from someone.  The rules of our exchange are that after the third steal a present can not be stolen again.

Here are Parker, James and Ty trying to figure out what James had choosen.

During the evening we all had our pictures taken in front of the Christmas tree.  Jordon was sure good all evening.

James, Michelle and Santa oops, Mik.

Vera and I had a great evening, it was sure fun seeing all the family.

There were forty two of us there tonight.  It took Lynne and Peter two hours to get there from Vancouver and they saw some pretty good wrecks on the way.  Charb and his family had to turn back because of the ice and snow in the Gorge.