Christmas lunch with friends...

Saturday we got together with our friends for a Christmas lunch and gift exchange. It was the only time we all had available between now and Christmas. We are all so busy! We enjoyed a wonderful feast (I will post a photo of it on Friday), then we let the kids open some gifts.




Here is Auntie Yng Yng with Mariele:



Me and the girls!



Then Analese and I went to go see The Nutcracker. She was hesitant to leave, because she was having so much fun with the kids at our house, but once I got her out of the house, she had fun with me. We met some friends there, and we were able to sit front row, center, which was really cool! She did really good the first half of the show. She enjoyed a sprite and some cookies during the intermission, so she was a little wigglier during the second half of the show. But we made it through, and I'm really glad we went. Maybe it can be an annual date for us.