After the second group of house guests left, Hubby and I were able to regroup for the third and final wave of guests of the year. House cleaning, washing, resting, and a Christmas tree were completed in the week before their arrival. The Chick took the initiative and got a menu plan set up for when all the immediate family were going to be here. It was a GREAT help!
We filled the week with an activity almost everyday, movies, hatched throwing, sledding, card games ("Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza"), a family photo shoot, an extended family pub crawl, and a shot at the escape room.
It was so nice to have everyone here for Christmas. This year I bought the grandkids a puzzle box with some cash in each box. Rather than open them from youngest to oldest as we usually do, I had them open their gift from us all at once, after ten minutes of trying to open the boxes we moved on to the next person and as the gift opening came around to each grand kid they could opt for 10 minutes of trying to open the box or open another gift. This was such a great idea! I'm going to look for more boxes this year as we travel here and there.
Christmas dinner began with the traditional crackers and ended with Christmas Pudding. A nod to our English heritage.
The critters even stopped by to see what all the ruckus was about...
and it was the kids playing a hand of Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza, this years game hit!
Just to keep "Momma happy"... family photos.
I love the "weird cousins photos" the kids wanted. They didn't turn out weird at all but are absolutely darling!
While the kitties, kids and Gram had a little down time the adults went out for a good old pub crawl!
Aunts, Uncles and cousins ready for action!
The California Dreamin' Guy was talking about wanting to go hatchet throwing - and because we're not hicks in Montana, or maybe because we are - we have competitive hatchet throwing with a dedicated building for the event. We quickly scheduled a session for everyone.
The NorDak Family were going to leave on Monday but there was a blizzard which closed the highway from Bismark to the state line. Everyone was happy, we were able to have one more fun filled day! Off we went to the Escape Room. It was the best scenario we've come across and the closest to escaping we've ever gotten. We .almost had it solved!
We filled the week with an activity almost everyday, movies, hatched throwing, sledding, card games ("Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza"), a family photo shoot, an extended family pub crawl, and a shot at the escape room.
Christmas dinner began with the traditional crackers and ended with Christmas Pudding. A nod to our English heritage.
The critters even stopped by to see what all the ruckus was about...
Just to keep "Momma happy"... family photos.
While the kitties, kids and Gram had a little down time the adults went out for a good old pub crawl!
(Look at the head action on both of the creatures!)
The California Dreamin' Guy was talking about wanting to go hatchet throwing - and because we're not hicks in Montana, or maybe because we are - we have competitive hatchet throwing with a dedicated building for the event. We quickly scheduled a session for everyone.
Although our favorite Viking won the competition this guy will always be a winner to me!
The NorDak Family were going to leave on Monday but there was a blizzard which closed the highway from Bismark to the state line. Everyone was happy, we were able to have one more fun filled day! Off we went to the Escape Room. It was the best scenario we've come across and the closest to escaping we've ever gotten. We .almost had it solved!
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