Christmas at the Martinsen's

We had a lovely Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we invited all the family to our house for food, music and gifts. Anthony (my brother) and his wife and two boys came, as well as Kristina and James, Jared, Diana and her boyfriend Dustin. We sang Christmas carols, read from the Book of Luke and opened gifts. We also had lots of great food. Anthony made two home made pumpkin pies. Kristina gave everyone loaves of specialty bread and we all left happy and full!

On Christmas day Garth and I slept in and awoke to see snow falling outside! A white Christmas. I tried to capture it for you, but it was hard to photograph. I hope all of you also had a great holiday.

Well, the weekend before Christmas was a real party weekend. On Friday the kids gave a surprise party for Garth for his 60th birthday at a local Italian restaurant. Fun was had by all, especially Oscar. He really loved the accordion player.

On Saturday Aubrey put on a party for Oscar's first birthday at her apartment. Both Oscar's Grandma and
great Grandpa came, as wellas a lot of other people who love him. Aubrey made an Oscar the Grouch cake. Oscar loved all the attention and presents, especially the boxes.

On Sunday we had a celebration for Jared at our house. We were celebrating his graduation for college with a BS in Chemistry and also his 26th birthday. He got lots of good gifts and Oscar also enjoyed playing with the boxes.