christmas weekend with the manwarings

oh, what fun! we squeezed it all the weekend before christmas with all my siblings and their families. it was wonderful to see them all.

we gathered on friday night in blackfoot at justin's home to start our annual progressive dinner. emily and brandon showed up as eddie and catherine from christmas vacation (our families FAVORITE movie to watch during the holidays).it was HILARIOUS! i wish i would have gotten a picture of them together, but i did manage to snag this hot one of brandon! lol!



thanks for the laugh. then we continued on stopping at my house, ben's, and jarom's. it was a nice night.

first thing saturday morning we were up and at 'em getting ready for our family picture. we asked the photographer and friend who does my family pictures each year to do them. i can't wait to see them all. kevin caught a few shots with his camera. it was FREEZING cold (like 19 degrees) so we got it done pretty quick. 

owen "holding"grandma's coat while she had her picture taken.

the grandkid picture is ALWAYS entertaining. they had to work hard to keep a couple little ones in the picture. knock down, hold out! lol. 

sweet wesley.

after pictures we grabbed some lunch and then met up so the cousin's could draw names, get their dollar from grandpa, and then head over to the dollar store to buy gifts for each other. they came home and had a wrapping party and then were off with the dads to the church gym to play while the moms started getting dinner ready and planning the nativity program.

dinner was delicious and the program was so sweet.  

madalyn was a beautiful little angel.

we spent the rest of the evening playing games and then we had to say goodbye. it was such a wonderful time.