Christmas Eve

Every year, on Christmas Eve, Ben's dad hosts a party at his house. It is a lot of fun. All the nieces and nephews make a huge mess opening presents while the adults play games and compete for prizes. Ben's dad always makes dinner with meat, even though he is a vegetarian. Very considerate of him... and he does a great job.

Ben's brother, Jeremy and his wife, Brandi, just had a new baby. Here they are with their new daughter, Maggie.
The competition this year was Wii bowling. This is Ben and Jeremy on the second round of cuts. It started with couples... Ben beat me. I suck at bowling.

Here is Ben getting mad at me for sneaking pics of him. Sometimes I have to, though. He hates having his picture taken.

Here are the nieces and nephews opening presents with Grandpa.

After the party, Ben and I went home and opened our presents. Here is Ben posing with a few of his presents. Notice his stockings... isn't he cute?

Here we are in front of our Christmas tree.

Merry Christmas, ya'll!