Christmas 2007 was quite the event. Some how all the stars aligned and we managed to get the entire family at Mom and Dad’s house from the night of Christmas eve until mid-day on Christmas. For those of you keeping track that translates to 11 of us all under one roof. Most of the family traditions remained in tact, even though some of us slept on an air mattress downstairs, we started Christmas morning the way we always do by coming down the front staircase in reverse birth order. There were tons of gifts exchanged and lots of good food and despite the craziness of it all it was really great to all be together. The following morning Aaron and I hosted our first real meal at our new house (I’m not counting the take out pizza we served during move in day :) – we had Mom and dad and Amy and Joe and Justin over for brunch (James and Chrissy went home to be with Chrissy’s family and Peter and Maria went home to be with Maria’s family). I love our family get togethers and feel lucky to be able to say that my family are my dearest friends.