DeMartini Family Christmas Party

This evening we held our annual DeMartini Family Christmas Party.  We love to get together, we love Christmas, and we love to find any excuse for a party, so gathering today was a perfect combination.  We met at Grandma Sue's house and did some decorating.  Mikayla and I had gone over earlier in the day to get out all the Christmas decorations, open all the boxes, set up the tree wtih lights, and have everything ready to go so that when everyone else came, including all the children, that we could decorate quickly and efficiently.  We were also able to put boxes away so we weren't dealing with packaging, just the actual decorations to put on shelves. 

Just as we finished up decorating, Santa arrived!  He sang, he chatted with each of the children, and he handed out treats.  For the first time ever, Brandt actually sat on Santa's lap.  It's only taken twelve years for him to feel comfortable enough, even though he's known for several years that Santa is Mr. Neilson, his elementary school principal. 

Luke was Santa's helper, handing out treats from Santa's bag.

 Blythe asked Santa for makeup.

 Brandt asked Santa for a drone.

After Santa's visit, we took silly Christmas pictures.  They were very silly.  It was a fun evening and a delight to be together.

 We've got an extra little person!