Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Brown Christmas

All the Brown's arrived at our house for brunch at 10:30.  We decided to keep things casual and have a pajama party.  Pepaw walked in in jeans and a regular shirt.  We thought maybe he didn't get the memo about the pajamas but then he pulled out a robe and put it on.  He said he was worried about getting pulled over or having to stop somewhere and being in pajamas.  It was too cute!  After brunch, we let the kids open gifts.
The boys got Monsters University and a bag with popcorn and candy...all ready for a movie night!

Cam got a new nerf gun he was pretty pumped about.

Pepaw's friend Edie (who sadly couldn't make it) knit this adorable hat for Riella.  It is seriously precious and was so sweet of her to make!

Robert and David worked on a special project for Pepaw.  They filled this big picture frame with pictures of him and everyone else in the family that has served or will serve in the military (Tony-my father-in-law, Anthony- Robert's cousin, Robert, David, Michelle, and Michael- Anthony's son who will be joining the Air Force).  He lost part of his pointer finger during his service with the Marines and was telling the story of how it happened and a few other stories from his military career.  Always cool to hear stories from the older generation.

After the kids were done, all the adults did a white elephant gift exchange.  The blanket was obviously a popular choice.  Neither of them ended up with these gifts, but they enjoyed them while they had them.  Robert had basically every gift he got stolen from him and finally, as the very last pick, ended up with the blanket Tony has in his arms.  It matches our decor quite well which was an awesome bonus!

Michelle had one of the funniest gifts.  She opened up a shoe box and found a dirty, smelly, old pair of sneakers and started pouting.  Queen told her to keep digging and she found a $20 check AND $10 in Kohl's cash.  It was hilarious though!

We had a great morning celebrating as a family and it was nice not having to go anywhere or get ready!

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