Christmas with the Christensens

My family got together on Sunday, December 18th at my brother's house. Both my sisters and quite of few of my nieces and nephews were able to attend. The weather was beautiful. Sharon and I drove up to Des Moines on Saturday, Dec 17 and returned on Monday, Dec 19. The DM and KC areas were expecting ice/sleet/snow on Tuesday. We tried a different route up and enjoyed it immensely. The state highways were divided and we made better time than the trip down. Of course, we had the camper on the trip down.

It seems that every time we get together for Christmas we divide up into 2 teams for a game of trivial pursuit. This was a great and memorable year. My team beat my sister's Marcia team. Absolutely awesome. Everyone always likes being on my sister's team. She has a real knack for remembering obsolete information.

A couple of pictures from that day.

My great niece Jersey. Doesn't she look cute in her glasses.


My nephew Mike; my niece Mykie; and my sister Pam


My great nephew Ethan teaching my sister Marcia a new card game called 'trash'.


A few of us sitting around talking and nibbling on relishes and candy before eating dinner.