"Christmas" at the barn

i hope we have started a new tradition!!

this year we are with evan's family for Christmas.  this weekend we did "Christmas" with my family at the barn in deleware. 

the barn

my parents got this place when i was in college.  i remember driving up for the first time and thinking... what did they buy!?!  :)  this year the house was on the christmas tour put on by the lewes historical society.  mom and dad think they had over 1000 people go through the house and everyone LOVED it!

my american girl doll from when i was little

loved this santa growing up

dining room ready for Christmas dinner!

presents dying to be opened!  :)

 we had our traditional Christmas dinner with some family friends over to join us.  they spent many years in paupa new guinea.  i loved hearing their stories... although they were not easy years for them.  
we could not end our night without a game of .....

fireball island!!

matthew reminding us of the rules!

i think evan just got fireballed!

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evan got the jewel

i got it!!!

evan won... :(

 sunday morning we had our typical Christmas breakfast... cheese and sausage balls and cinnamon buns (snyder tradition) ALL very yummy :D

then we opened presents!

we got matthew an "uncle" frame and a "grandparents" frame for my parents.  i thought for sure we would have a picture of our little hun-nee by now to put in it...oh well, soon enough :-/

ezekiel got some some presents too...

mufy got us a tom tom... which was something the eventually wish list... it was very handy on our way home!

 

 our next gift made me laugh the most!!  if you know my daddy you know he LOVES vacuums!  once he replaced the wheel of a 40 year old vacuum with the lid of a peanut butter jar b/c the vacuum still worked... i can't imagine it worked that well!  i think my dad has 15 vacuums so to get one from is really funny... at least to me. 

daddy showing us how to use the vacuum

showing evan how good the suction is with the "shark"

"look at all the attachments!"   love him...

 the biggest surprise was a new camera for evan and me... so we can take great pictures of our little hun-nee!!

 my family was very patient with me as i played with our new camera...

stockings for our family

playing games...

{ i think i had the lowest score of the game... but obviously i wasn't that concerned with the game  :)}

and a family portrait...

we had a super weekend!  it was a perfect start to the Christmas season!!