Christmas!

Christmas this year was filled with the annual Hansen Christmas party. It was a little bittersweet. Bitter because it was the first Christmas my family has celebrated without my Grandma and sweet because we got to visit and see everyone. It still surprises me just how many people are related to my immediate family. My mother had 6 siblings and most of them had many children themselves. My oldest uncle has 5 girls that are around my mothers age and they are already grandmothers. Another uncle was married 3 times and has a total of 6 children. I honestly don't know everyone's name, but I guess that's part of the fun!

I had to take a picture of my mom while she was cooking... just to show you her distracted face.

On Christmas day David came over and we enjoyed Sherlock Holmes, a lovely dinner, and exchanging gifts. My mom is notorious for giving tooth care necessities in our stockings and this year include toothpaste. However, my mother hid my brother's gift (a check to help with school bills) inside his. He carelessly tossed around the box until the hints hit home and he checked inside. We received a GPS for our car to help us transition into Houston driving... it'll be an interesting experience to say the least.

We end once again with a picture of Brody. We had Travis, Ryan (David's friends), David, and Alyson (David's girlfriend) over for dinner and games tonight. I don't know who put Brody in this pose but he was content to stay there for a few minutes. We also played a good game of Scattegories (sp). On one specific list our letter was "p" and the category was body part. All four guys started laughing at once and we knew what they were thinking of. In the end my mom and I could not think of any other word and put it down... penis (pathetic I know).