Friday, January 02, 2009

Christmas 2008 Dinner

Christmas dinner was a bit delayed due to the snow. We thought it might not happen at all due to a power outage in the morning. But luckily the power was only out for a little while. Once it came back on dinner was put into the oven and everyone was told to come at 3:30.

We had Bill's parents John & Jeanette, his sister Susan, cousin Scott, Nana & Papa (my parents), cousin Thomas & George. George is our older neighbor across the street. (the one Bill spent all morning helping put chains on in the snow) His wife died this summer & he was alone because his family dinner got canceled - after he and Bill got the chains on the car he found this out.


The table all set up. I made glass ornaments for each person & used them as name place cards. I even managed to make one for George at the last minute. (Thank heavens for extra bulbs!)

All of us sitting around the table waiting for the festivities to start.

John, George & Jeanette after they opened their Christmas crackers & put on their crowns
Ellia wearing her crown

Cousin Scott, Nana, Papa & Thomas with their Christmas crackers & crowns
Eating dinner

3 comments:

Grandma Beth said...

Great looking table. Great heart. I love you, Gina

Julie D. said...

wow. gina...i had a lot of catching up to do. awesome posts. awesome dinner...miss you. i'm so sorry i haven't called yet. life should be back to normal tomorrow. love ya! oh, and thanks for posting about stellan---i was way behind on her blog too and didn't know until today. glad he is doing better!

shannon said...

So those are the crowns! Looks like a lot of fun, Gina. I'm sure George will never forget it. :)