On Saturday morning we took some family portraits and then headed to Hope Mills for the Fernandez Christmas party. We ate enchiladas (an annual tradition) and lots of desserts. After recovering from the meal, we watched some of the cousins perform a dance act, and then played the Dirty Santa gift exchange game. It was dirty this year as always. Aaron was "Ghetto Claus" this year and rewrote The Twelve Days of Christmas with ghetto lyrics for everyone to sing along with. It was hilarious! That night, some chose to play a serious game of poker until the wee hours of the morning while some chose to head home (I was among the latter group...baby Fernandez requires me more rest!).

David and Caleb were the main rappers and introduced the dancers. The posters are for the song. All of the volunteers did a great job of introducing their number

"5 munts free rent!""It's a sweater!" Poor Casey didn't fare too well at the beginning of Dirty Santa. But her mom rescued her by stealing the sweater and letting her pick something else. That's what moms are for, right?He's going to be a great dad! ahhh!! :) this is Emma, Johnny and Casey's little girl

Sunday morning we left Fayetteville for Lucama, NC, where my dad's side of the family met for Christmas at Granny's. We ate and played Catch Phrase. Amy was really good at giving descriptions. She was so calm! Joey is looking over her shoulder to make sure she doesn't cheat.

Megan looks stressed out by this game!

On Christmas morning, we exchanged gifts and then went to the Flores home for brunch. Then in the afternoon, we all piled in to go to the movies, where we spent the rest of the day. We watched 3 movies in a row...National Treasure, Charlie Wilson's War, and Enchanted. We ate popcorn and drank root beer ALL DAY :) !!! What a treat! Mom and Dad, thanks for the thoughtful gifts and for making breakfast for us. Santa brought Bow a ham bone!