Although it wasn't the white Christmas we had imagined when we decided on making the journey to Michigan, it was wonderful spending Christams with the Malaney side of the family. We went to early mass on Christmas Eve and then most of our extended family on my dad's side came back over to my mom and dad's for the "Malaney Food Challenge." The theme this year was sliders, so as our entry we (and in this case we means John) made "Moink Ball" sliders. Moink = moo and oink so it was a meatball wrapped in bacon that John smoked ahead of time and covered in a apple jelly bbq sauce. Words really can't do these things justice...they are addicting.
Of course Mimi had lots of surprises for the kiddos but Addison was in rare form. After LOTS of tears we finally got it out of her that she didn't like all the people at "her" Mimi's house. We left for church and she was ruling the place and we got back and it was full of people and kids who also felt like it was "their" Mimi's house. So it goes...we attempted to still enjoy ourselves while dragging one kid around on our ankle and another one that still wasn't 100% himself.
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| This is a PERFECT representation of our family on Christmas Eve! |
Avery and Asher were the first to rise on Christmas morning, luckily they were content chasing their toes until the rest of the troops woke up.
Christmas morning Addison ruled the roost again, so she was happy. The Gorman's were a little under the weather still so they stayed home, so it truly was the Addison Dougherty Show...I think she opened every single present under the tree, she helped everyone!
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| Too much fun...had to take a nap! |
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| Showing off her new necklace. |
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| Taking her new dog for a walk amongst all the wrapping paper. |
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| Addison - Official 2014 Gift Opener |
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Aunite Mallory got all the kids fish...
Addison Fish and Asher Fish made the long trip all the way back to Arkansas
Sadly, only Asher Fish is still with us. |
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| Took the Tonka truck for a test drive. |
We had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas Day!
