Christmas Eve - Part 2

After partying with the Campbell clan, we made a quick stop at Grandma and Papa's to pick up Daisy (she was spending the night with us!), and headed home to rest for a little while. Then we donned our finest attire and drove to Springfield to celebrate with the Goodale crew!

As always, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Lisa, and Grandma had an amazingly delicious spread waiting for us. And Cindi made the most yummy parmesan bacon crisps! We ate appetizers and had some cocktails while waiting for everyone to arrive.

Reagan sporting her new Christmas dress (that's a little big, but she will probably wear it next year too!). She's beautiful!

Reagan and GG!

Reagan sharing appetizers with her cousin, Morgan!

Once everyone was there, the huge platters of food were brought out! Uncle Kevin outdid himself with this gorgeous antipasta platter:



Jessica and Terry enjoying a cocktail by the bar!

Meatballs & Italian sausage, a spinach/mushroom frittata for the vegetarian, and stuffed shells

Yummy asparagus!

Falyn - Gary Mike & Terry's dog - had too much Christmas eve fun:)

And of course, we can't forget dessert!

I love this shot of Uncle Kevin & Aunt Lisa - they are a beautiful example of a happy marriage!

We took advantage of Jessica being there to grab a shot of all the Goodale's at once!


GG with her 4 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild!

Geoffrey and Grandma!

Me, Jason and Jessica after a long day of parties:)

We got home fairly late, and Reagan managed to stay awake on the drive home, so we put out milk and cookies for Santa. She looked at me and said, "Mommy, Santa like string cheese?" She was so sweet, I had to say yes, so she put one of those on the plate too:


What a wonderful way to spend Christmas Eve. So glad we are living in VA now and got to celebrate with everyone. Last year we were in the Field House at Camp Lejeune waiting on Daddy to get home from Afghanistan and Reagan was miserable with a case of pink eye! This was definitely a better way to spend the holiday!

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    You didn't post a picture of that amazing frittata that Uncle Kevin made! Boy do those Goodale's and Campbell's know how to party!

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