Since we have families that live on opposite sides of the US, we decided when we got married that we would trade off every year for Christmas. This year it was Christmas in North Carolina with the Cheney family! It was so much fun. We had such a blast! Christmas Eve brought the traditional reading of the Nativity story.
Trisha doubles as the accompanist and some sort of animal. She absolutely loves this tradition!! The kids all love it too and it was fun to watch them all act it out.
We had a delicious home-made Cafe Rio meal and enjoyed spending time with one another.
Christmas morning was spent with Great Grandpa Worseley, Nana and Papa Cheney and Trisha, Sam and I. Sam's first Christmas morning and he couldn't have cared less. He had no idea what was going on and he was not interested in opening his present either. This is good because we just woke up when we woke up but it lacked some of the excitement that one expects to have at Christmas time with kids.
Sam opening his first christmas present
Trisha and Sam opening presents
Me opening my presents
Sam in his Christmas pajamas. Only he isn't really acting like Captain Awesome!
Christmas day we had another family get together and had lots more fun. It was so great to get to spend time with everyone and get to know some of the family that I rarely get to see.
This is the 3 inches of snow that the Charlotte area got while we were there and it shut down the entire city. Crazy.
Once everyone got into town, we all headed out to get some family pictures. Here are the pictures that we took with our camera.
Nana and Papa with all of their grandchildren
TJ and Michelle family
Tiffany and Brandon family
Nellie and Jonathan family
Our family
Todd and Christina family
Nana and Papa with Sam
After the pictures we had another gathering and all the kids were playing "Ring around the Rosies" They played it for a long time and it was funny to watch how they chose to fall on the ground!
It was a successful Christmas and it was great to spend it with all of the Cheney clan! We sure love our Cheney family and are greatful for all of the accomadations while we were in town. It was great to spend time with each of you! We love you all!
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