Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas eve bowling - an Abbott family tradition!
Bowling on Christmas eve has been a tradition in the Abbott family for a long time. It was one of Ali's brother Steve's favorite things to do, and one of a few things he continued to do very well at after his brain injury. The legacy lives on and the kids have all gotten better, and usually beat the adults.
Just chillin' between turns.
The adults!
Grandpa!
Nana impressing everyone with her bowling skills even after her knee replacement last year.
Girl cousins!
The boys!
After bowling, we went to Nana and Grandpa’s house for more Christmas traditions. We started with dinner, prepared completely by Nana and Grandpa. We usually go over to their house the night before to set the tables for elegance. They prepared a delicious prime rib dinner that we absolutely LOVE.
Nana, Dave, Ali, Stephanie, Michael, Nelson, Kirstin (Lisa up from the table) & Kib
Justin, Jacob, Caoline, David, Brittney, Lindsey, Katie and Matthew
After dinner, Santa came for an early visit with gifts for all.
All of the girls got these cute headbands!
The boys got an array of goods. Matthew thought he and David were the luckiest with the marshmallow guns.
After Santa’s visit, of course we couldn’t leave out the great Nativity. I would have to say with the kids growing up, the time preparation is going down and the quality is going up
We have been rotating through to give everyone a chance to play the leading roles. This year, we realized everyone had had a turn, so we elected our two oldest cousins there that night to be Mary and Joseph. What great sports we have.
Justin and Jacob were the shepherds. Lindsey was the angel. Caroline, David and Brittney were the wise men. Katie was the accompanist and Matthew was the donkey (he was not in this picture I copied from Kirstin and my pictures didn’t turn out, but the memory is there.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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