Haley Christmas

Aunt Kate had everyone over last night for the Haley family Christmas. Good times were had by all, even though, as we get older there are more and more people who can't make it. Matt and Joe weren't there - Joe got in late last night and Matt can't get here until next week. Neither were Taryn and Melissa. Kevin and Danielle couldn't make it because Danielle is so close to delivering her baby. Michael wasn't in town yet from the seminary. Jenny was in Florida, Barclay had to work, etc etc. BUT, despite that, there were a lot of people there and we had a lot of fun. There were new babies for the first time this year. Lily, Olivia and John all hung out and got to know eachother. Next year will be a riot with four of them (Danielle's baby included) running around tearing up the place! Lily and I dressed like elves :)










Will's dog, Dante, is living with Aunt Kate and Jeff now. Colleen was so happy to see him... she dressed him up in a Christmas sweater.













At one point, Andrew came up to me and said, and I quote "you are Lilian's mom, Sarah is John's mom, and Haley is Olivia's mom"...it's come to that now :) As you can see, the Euchre game has also taken a generational shift. Where in years past it was the old timers who sat around a card table and played Euchre for hours on end, now it is the teenage cousins.

Joe has become quite anal about wrapping presents - can you believe it!!!!! He apparently even went out and got special boxes to fit the presents he got everyone. I usually just forget the box if I don't have one that will work :) Anyway, here's a picture of Joe carefully wrapping away. Check out the serious look on his face!