Christmas party at the Pyne's

We had a fun party tonight at the Pyne's. We had a buffet and everyone brought a salad and a dessert. I decided to try a new recipe from my Quick Cooking magazine. The recipe is on my cooking blog....anyway, I was so happy at how yummy it turned out and so pretty! After a yummy dinner, my dad and LeGrand played their violins and Emma accompanied them. They played one of my favorites "Gesu Bambino" it was beautiful! Then my mom got out some chimes and held up a board with each of the numbers on it and we played Christmas songs. That was a lot of fun! Emma sang a song and Kevin played my favorite "I saw three Ships sailing" (Jon Schmidt) and for my part on the program, I played Silent Night on the piano and everyone sang. I admit I felt a little intimidated by my other siblings talents...I really don't play the piano that well. But I am trying to practice and I'm trying to remember that they put in the work earlier! Anyway, then we opened presents from each other. We sorely missed Erik and Stephanie and family who are in Kentucky. They were so kind to send us all gifts! Thanks for the hand sanitizer! Anyway, it was just enjoyable to be with the family and enjoy each other's company. The downside of the evening was that Scott wasn't able to be there because he had class. But I did load up some plates of food for him and bring them home. Anyway, it was very fun. Tomorrow, I am doing Christmas Eve dinner at my house so I will busy baking all day long and cleaning house. I'm not quite done wrapping presents and I have some homemade gifts that I need to work on. So it will be a very busy day tomorrow! I love this Christmas season! Merry Christmas all!