Christmas Eve at the Thompson/Derryberry's

After finishing up at my parents we came home for a quick rest and then off to Rick's Dad and Sue's. Five of the six kids, spouses and children were able to make it. Kaitlyn and Carson (who had rebounded from an allergy attack the day before and ended up in the hospital!) had gone shopping with Sue to buy gifts for everyone at the dollar store. They started off the gift giving by passing out each of their gifts. It was quite the hit! I think Grandma Sue enjoyed this new tradition as much if not more than the kids did. We had some real laughs! We had a great dinner of prime rib, opened our crackers and compared gifts and all put on our crowns, and then spent the night opening gifts, doing a white elephant gift exchange and visiting. We also got to celebrate the engagement of my neice Sara to Ryan. Very exciting night and definately LOTS of celebrating.