This is our annual Family Christmas party. All of (well most of) the syblings get together for Christmas. We have this awesome game we play every year.

This year everyone was pretty broke so we did white elephant gifts. You all sit in a circle and the gifts are in the center. Everyone takes turns rolling the die. If you roll a 7 or an 11 you put on the oven mitts and choose a gift. Its is not quite as easy as it sounds and we all know what we are doing so we use extra tape. When the next person rolls a seven or an eleven the previous player has to stop unwrapping. The player that rolled the die now chooses if they want to take the present the previous person was unwrapping or get a new one. And so it continues, its makes it interesting because you can also steal someones open present. So if someone gets something you want you can take it when you roll a 7 or 11. But each present can only be taken 2 times.

So we have a lot of fun!

This is tucker giving it a go! He did a great job!

Gabe, He got a special car waxing kit. Sorry kiddo be a few years before you can use it on your car, but I think my car could use a wax.

Rachel, getting a pair of Cookie Lee earrings.



Jason M. He got a crepe maker.

It took Jason a few to find what was in this special big box, but he got a DVD, the Sandlot.

Gabe kicking back on uncle Brian's chair snuggling with Brilee's pink bear. Aaah.

Tucker playing with his Dinosaurs.