. and what a day it was .

. i realized that lately at big get-togethers i have a habit of just setting my camera down and enjoying myself, which is fun but later i regret not having captured specific memories that i want to remember so i did better this christmas day . and like i said 'what a day it was' . i had so much fun having the nebel/luers family christmas here .

. men chatting before dinner .

. at thanksgiving we did the big meal and it just seemed like we should switch things up a bit so we did soups and sides/snacks .

. yummy .

. my mother-in-law's famous cinnamon pears .

. stuart and ellie having a little fun with grandpa .

. grandpa had fun too .

. santa's helper .

. ellie shared a beautiful poem with us all, but had a little stage fright so she shared it with different groups at a time .

. so stuart got lots of cool toys, but the best part of it is watching the 'big' boys play with his toys . seriously !

. stuart figuring out how to assemble percy on the farm .

:)

. with a little help from grandma and grandpa .

. percy giving grandpa fits .

. more big boys playing with stuart's toys .

. zach found the hulk gloves, somebody always does . best $1.38 i've ever spent .

. mark, enough said .

. get him bridget .

. she did .

:)

. see the bullet mid-air .

. sleepyhead .

. another sleepyhead .

. waking the sleepyhead .

. the after-food .

. ug . that was a lot of absolutely delicious food .

. really had a great time this year . what i didn't get pictures of was our games of mafia we played . totally should have, would have got some great expressions . fun games of speed scrabble too .

. looking forward to moore/hoffert christmas this weekend .

. how was your christmas ?