Christmas Eve

Christmas is always hard for us without having family around. But we have established some great friends which makes things a lot easier. Every Christmas Eve the West Family comes over for a big Swedish Smorgasbord. I think this is our 4th year (or maybe 5th...can't remember) We go to their house for Thanksgiving and they come here for Christmas Eve. This year Jim, Cheri and Shauna also came (Jenn's dad, mom and sister. They are so sweet to us. They live in Vancouver Canada. This year I made a Rib Roast. It was really good, I cooked it a bit long though. We also had the typical Swedish foods like meatballs, scalloped potatoes, herring, cheeses, bread and more. Every year Santa Claus drops off a gift for each child as he drives across the sky. It always drops right outside on our front lawn. This year the boys got a marshmallow gun and the girls got a candy oven. It's amazing how crazy it get's. We also exchanged gifts and it is always fun.