After our Pennsylvania Christmas, we drove to Williamsburg for Cousins' Christmas weekend. Once upon a time, this was called Brothers Christmas (named after Mark and his brothers), but the name has appropriately evolved (as it truly belongs to the cousins now!) and it is a highly anticipated part of our holiday traditions. Each year, we join family friends at Sportsmans Grille to catch up and have dinner:
On Friday, the kids opened presents from Bean & Poppy:
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| So excited about his new watch! |
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| Teenager in training. |
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| She sits in the same chair every year! |
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| New books! |
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| Please tell my little bookworm to stop growing up, please! |
On Saturday morning, we had the Winterhoff cousins gift exchange:
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| They still look like twins! |
I love the next three pictures. You can just see how much they laugh and love being together:
The weather was nice and there was time to play outside and with new toys:
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| Leah perfected her pogo stick skills! |
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| Assembling his new catapult. |
Then there was this Doodle. Millie met her aunts, uncles, and cousins at her first Cousins' Christmas, and is certainly a social butterfly. She gave so many kisses and affectionate snuggles to everyone, and was an awesome addition to our family celebration:
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| Millie may have been the most photographed family member of the weekend! |
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| Meeting Aunt Sara. |
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| Kisses for Lauren. |
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| Serious conversation with Gabe. |
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| Doodle hug. |
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| She thinks she is a lap dog! |
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| Our fluffy girl. |
On Saturday afternoon, we had the Offutt Family Christmas party at Aunt Kathy and Uncle Bob's clubhouse. This game was a special way to keep Great Grammy and Great Granddad's legacy alive and present at the party. Each envelope contained a scratch off lottery ticket (Great Granddad's favorite!) and money for the kids to buy a Christmas gift (thank you, Great Grammy!). How happy they must be looking down from heaven at their special great grandchildren, who are ALL such kind, fun kids!
There was a cousins gift exchange and Talent Show at the family party, as well:
The ladies even had an opportunity to sit and chat while the guys kept the kids busy outside:
On Sunday, we had church at Bean & Poppy's house to celebrate Baby Jesus' birthday and then a party for Leah (in my birthday blog post). Such great memories with our Winterhoff family celebrating Christmas 2019!
1 comment:
Cousins' Christmas just gets better and better! Must be due to all the special folks who just get better and better too! Let's do it again next year!! Love, Bean
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