the christmas season was kicked off about a week ago as we had a family progressive dinner. with jake & rose, adam & emily both having homes in vancouver, it made for a great night. the rules for the night were only this, that you provide your portion of the meal, and at your home, you do any family traditions you have.
we started at mom and dad's house where we were responsible for appetizers. we read the christmas story out of the 'jesus storybook bible'. then isaiah and alaythia wanted to do a dance party. one song of just them dancing, and the second song everyone dancing. isaiah picked out both songs. the first one was fast, the second was slower. we all paired up and danced in the living room for the second song u6.
we headed to jake & rose's house where they served soup, bread, cheese and wine. rose's family tradition is to sing christmas songs out of songbooks. each person gets to pick a song, each person gets a veto. you must sing 'good king wenceslaus' with a king, women and page parts being divided up. and you must sing the 12 days of christmas, and each person has a part and must act out their part. this was hilarious.
we then headed to adam & emily's house where they had worked like crazy the week before to get it ready. remodeling done, decorating done. it was beautiful all getting to see it for the first time together. we all sat at their brand new huge dining room table for the main course. they put brand new wood floors in and they were SUPER slippery. we moved into the hall/family room and began taking turns sliding in our socks. lots of fun, funny memories.
we ended the night back at mom & dad's for dessert. at this point we were all longing for the huge overstuffed purple couches. it was a pretty amazing night.
adam made a video from my footage of the night. he set it to the first song that isaiah and alaythia danced to.
6 comments:
What a fun time you guys must have had! Your family is so much fun anyway-I especially loved Alaythia's "slide" at Adam and Emily's-too cute! Merry Christmas and here's to as much memory making with Matt's side this upcoming week.
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Carolyn (Dettori)
I love that video. Looks like a very wonderful time with the Hendrix family.
wonderful, wonderful. made me miss you all so much!
Smiled through the whole video...thanks for sharing!!=0)
Loved it! What a very Merry Christmas! Made me miss your laugh. and way to go Isaiah, fancy moves!!
Lauren says:
"the movies are so funny. i like them a lot. um, let's, um, no, nothing else."
Jenna says:
"no" & "mama, I want to watch that again mama."
Sarah says:
I LOOOOOVE that movie. You guys are so hilarious and make us seem even more boring than I realized. ha ha It was great to hear your laughter in the background. You succeeded in being the first person to make me cry in 2010. But it was good tears so don't worry. Miss you tons!
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