We got together with the Utah Blanchards for "Christmas Eve" on Sunday, 19 December 2021 after church. (Since Ryan's family was leaving the country for Christmas, we wanted to catch them for the party before they left, hence the early-in-the-week date of our event.) We feasted on the usual spread, visited, opened stockings and jammies, and played with trains.
Then we met up with the East Coast Blanchards on Zoom for a gift exchange. We've started drawing names amongst ourselves for Christmas gifts and it's been such a fun thing to watch what everyone picks out for each other. Cohen had Callie and got her a mini donut maker. Dray had Sam and got him a hotwheels city shark track. They were both thrilled! Paul had Gregg and got him a work bench for his garage projects, and Ryan had me and got me some Belgian chocolates - from Europe! Heck yes! As far as gifty goes, I had Bret and got him an apple peeler corer slicer (after hearing him reminisce happily about the one he loved using at his grandparents' house growing up), Gregg got Paul a pocket bellows for starting campfires and hammock straps, Sam chose some books for Katie off her wish list, and Callie picked out a phone holder for Kage's car.
We finished up with crepe bar and more playing and visiting. And it was marvelous!
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