Christmas Eve recap

Our Christmas Eve FB invitation, said 3 to 8. Dewey called in the morning to say there would only be 3 of them, Lee was sick and Rick and Christina couldn't make it. Lizzie had been here since the night before and she was a great help :)
Then around 2:30 Bettie called they were running late (surprise!). Jeff again had met with traffic but he still got here before them.

Lizzie, Marvin and I went to Marvin's room to listen to their yearly Christmas music/poetry. We really enjoyed it. Dakota has a very nice voice, and Jeff's Christmas song was nice and funny, the last one was Lizzie reciting poetry, and as always she was awesome. She has a lovely sweet voice.

When we all got here, we had our Christmas Eve buffet: sweet&scy nuts, Jeff's Texas caviar, Mary's goopy green stuff,  Honey baked ham, a humongous one, and Mormon potatoes. WE also had a couple of dips and chips.
My Mormon potatoes were a fail!, it had NO seasoning and it was really bland, I also think they had not been in the oven long enough. Marvin's biscuits rose and smelled great. Lizzie does not care for ham, so I made her 3 slices of breaded pork. And then I totally forgot about it until we were finished eating :(
For dessert Marvin had made a sugar free pudding cake, fruitcake, cookies, panettone and cream puff (which I also forgot!)
Lizzie, Marvin and I had Cava with peach nectar, the others drank water or 7UP.

After dinner we had our $5.00 gift exchange. Surprisingly enough, it came out OK and everybody enjoyed their gifts (mine was a Christmas pattern lap throw, Marvin's was a plaid lap throw and some sugar free treats).

Then of course, was picture taking time, and afterwardsMary, Dewey, and Bettie (and Petey) left. Lizzie and Jeff left soon afterward to go to their hotel in Anaheim.
I went to bed shortly after Midnight.
Tomorrow I will write the Christmas day recap :)