Christmas, Part Deux

We came back to Bakersfield on Christmas afternoon; Erik got a quick nap and headed off to work. What a trooper! He worked Friday night too, but was able to see everyone before he went. Ben, Pei & Mom arrived a little before 8pm and we had a late supper. Then Noelle & Andy rolled in at around 9pm! Erik left for work and we played an exciting game of Cranium before bed.

Team Rabbit celebrates a moment of victory--it was a close game!Can you guess it? Can you guess it? If you said "Blowfish", you got it!Ben bashes down the Berlin Wall Christmas morning we got a bit of a late start. . . getting the turkey in took precedence! ;-)

Then Ben read us the Christmas Story . . . and we opened stockings!Rosie liked the ribbonMom with the yummy boxes from the SearlsYou don't get the crackers for the toys. . . or the jokes. You get them for the paper crowns!!After much revelry comes much tiredness . . .Christmas dinner COUNTER-clockwise from bottom right: Erik, Noelle, Andy, Bill, Ben, Pei & Mom

Then it was time for more napping . . . before the game playing commenced! Ben & Pei had to head home after lunch on Sunday. We played some more games (and tactfully tried not to notice the game Noelle & Andy were playing!)Christmas Carols Oops! Somebody forgot to let the Erik in when the dogs went out . . .Mom cutting veggies for turkey soup On Monday we went to the California Living Museum before Andy had to head back home--pictures of that in the next post!