Yes!! It's time for my favorite post of the year!
Side note: I have this theory that how you feel about the holidays is pretty much a direct reflection of how you feel about your family. Anyone else find that to be true? Like, whenever someone is all, ugh, Thanksgiving or ugh, I can't wait for Christmas to be over, it is almost always the case that they are also like, ugh, MY FAMILY or something along those lines. I also probably think this is true because I think my family is the bomb, and I LOVE the holidays - everything about them.
Anywho... without further ado, here is our family Christmas in lots and lots of pictures. :)
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Sisters at Christmas Eve services.
Ellen's cute hair sorta really makes me want to get bangs again. Too bad I am sooo lazy about doing my hair. |
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| For anyone who's ever wanted to see me dance in my awesome pjs - here you go. |
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| I told you that Wii Just Dance was the best thing ever... I mean, this is just photographic proof. |
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| Wonder who is off? |
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| Getting serious. |
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| One of the many reasons I love my dad. |
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| Matchy-matchy in track suits on Christmas morning. |
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| Loving my new hat that Mom made me. |
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| Big teeth. |
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| Abby and Abba open gifts. |
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| Matthew looks creepily at his wife. |
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| Izzy comes over to check out my haul. |
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| She really wanted the little bottle of Bailey's that came with the hot chocolate jar from Ellen. |
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| Thanks, brother. |
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| Totally normal. |
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| Matt gets new sneakers. |
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| Abby cracks up. |
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| Mom gets new sneakers. |
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| Abby thinks they are hilarious. |
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| Or ridiculous. |
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| Let's go with hilarious. |
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| Dad gets new sneakers; Matthew sees dead people. |
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| Sweet kicks, Dad. |
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| Izzy approves of the new fire pit for the backyard. |
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| Snuggling with my cozy new robe. |
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| Porky wants to snuggle with my cozy new robe, too. |
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| Izzy's Christmas bunny. |
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| She loves it! |
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| Yay, Christmas!! |
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| The Porkster (Matt's in-laws' dog who spent Christmas with us.) |
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| Saucy! |
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| Matt, Alex and Porky |
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| Olivia schools Dad at MarioKart. |
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| Izzy is bored by all of our dancing. |
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| Best two pictures of this entire holiday season... |
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| Possibly of all time. |
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| The happy couple with two snoozing pups. |
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| Naptime. |
Ellen specialized in taking super-flattering and attractive pictures of me this year. She told me I should use these for my online dating profile. Thanks, sis.
Ahem. Moving on...
Christmas dinner with extended family!
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| Olivia's special talent for making self-portraits really precious. |
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| Sisters + a baby |
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| Cute drool-machine. |
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| Matthew and happy Soren. |
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| Ellen wins big in the family white elephant gift exchange. |
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| Feets. |
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| Nicers! |
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| Mom and Dad, being adorable. |
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| Unsuspecting puppy sleeping peacefully... |
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| Mom's sweet shades. |
The family photobooth made a return appearance. (We are not drunk in these photos. Seriously.)
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Ellen's and my fake-laughing series. Not really sure why we were doing this. Also, we were being silent,
which makes it even weirder. |
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| Ok, a sweet one to end on. :) |
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