Moser Christmas

This is the second year that we had Moser Christmas the Saturday after the 25th.  By ten, everyone was here for breakfast and mimosas, and soon after, we settled down in the living room for the giving of gifts. (Isn't little Lauren cute in her new outfit?)

This was the year that Millie just wanted to play with her little princesses.  Or whatever she had just opened.  :)

Micah loved his new blanket and immediately laid his cheeks on its softness.

Jeff got THE math clock from KT.

And Dad made Ben a lamp!  He really had Ben going, thinking that the saw that Ben had bought that month to help with the new deck was his non-surprise present.  Dad even called him a couple of days before, asking Ben where the box for that saw was...all the while, sneakily making Ben this steampunk lamp with all of Dad's favorite pieces.  Ben was TOTALLY SURPRISED.  "Dad really does love me!  He made me a lamp!"  As if there were any doubt...

Uncle Ben was also into scaring babies...good thing his own babies are used to him...

Crab dinner was followed by Up and Down the River!  I'm pretty sure I won.

I love these boys.

...these girls, too!

A sweet first Christmas with Lauren--puzzles in the living room--nap with Micah in the basement--snow on the ground and people complaining about someone putting another log on the fire in the basement--snow play with cousins, trekking all the way over to Davy's hill to sled!