Christmas

Our first Christmas together as a married couple. Joey bought me a new camera and couldn't wait to give it to me, so I got it a few days early. I snapped a few quick pics.

Well, I'm not very good at keeping secrets either, so I gave Joey his main present, Guitar Hero III. He's a happy guy.

Christmas was spent with Joey's family at our house.

Loren and Rachel

After everyone left, Joey and I exchanged the rest of our gifts to each other since we knew Christmas Day would be very busy.

I love Cranium! We had already played all the cards in the box, so he got me a whole new set of cards!

What can I say....he's a little boy at heart.

For as long as I can remember we have always eaten Christmas Breakfast at my Ma Rea's house. She lives within walking distance from my parents house so it's real easy to hop over bright and early. We usually eat then take naps. :)

We all have homemade stockings that my mom made. Aren't they great?

Melissa, Abby, and Steve

Pepper's such a good boy.

The McGuire's then get together for a fun game of Dirty Santa (the rules can be found here minus the alcohol and we split up by gender since there are so many of us and have two games). It's always a lot of fun and you don't feel broke by buying everyone a present and you usually end up with something pretty nice. Rule of thumb - purchase something you will like and you may just end up with it!

Steve, Gramma, and Grandad

Owen and Lindsay

Another side note about the game - only married people participate while everyone still buys for the 'young uns'.

Liz, Whit, and Scott