Christmas Eve

This year I offered to do our Christmas Eve dinner and allow the others to have a year off! I have been wanting to cook for them for a while, so now was my chance. We usually get together at Susan and Durward's each year and this year was no different. I got to their house around 3:45 to get the grills lit and ready for a whole bunch of grilling!

We had 6 - 8lb chickens, 2 - 6lb chickens, a 5lb leg of lamb, 36 ears of corn and 10lbs of potatoes all going on the grill!

Getting the chickens all seasoned up and ready for their beer cans!

Dad helping top off a few beers for me...for the Beer Butt Chicken

Chicken, Lamb and Corn

Checking the last chicken to make sure it was done!

Two loaded grills!

Me, Durward and Dad...Dad kept holding a flash light even if I didn't really need it!

Durward passing out samples of the lamb to Nick and Ryan

Getting the last of the food off the grill

All the chicken carved and ready to eat!

Grilled Corn and Grilled Potatoes

Hayden eating olives off each of his fingers!

Me and Durward

Me and Chris

Me and Kathy

Me and Nick

Lydia, Tony and me

Little Eli all tuckered out!

Me and Samantha

Me and Denise

Me and Pam

Me and Ryan

Time for the kids to open presents!

Hayden, Melissa, Lydia and Ty

Miss Haleigh

Grandma

Samantha and Sam

Lydia and her Papa

Lydia

Ryan not letting me get a good picture!

Pam

Dad, Lydia, John, Eli and Shara

Time for the adult gift game! First we all got in a circle and 3 presents were given to 3 different people. Susan read a story out loud and each time she said he words "left" or "right" we had to pass the present from left to right!

Passing presents

Mohammad got 1 of the presents

Melissa got another

and Kathy got the 3rd...but Nick decided to borrow it!

Nick and Ryan being silly as always!

Eli was all tuckered out again after getting in his sweet little pj's! Perfect way to end the night!