Merry Christmas: Lunch at Gran and David’s

My mom was off Christmas until the afternoon so she invited us over for lunch with David and his family.
My mom made me this neck warmer (filled with rice) and James loves to grab it anytime he can.  He says “my back hurts.”

Sadly, this may be the only picture I got of David’s daughter Laura.  She is so sweet with the kids.  Here Natalie is petting her.  Ha!

The girls picking out something to watch on Gran’s iPod.

David has a Canon DSLR also (which is one reason I think I didn’t take so many pictures.  My subconscious knew they were being taken and I didn’t need to).  The lens on his camera was a 28-135mm I believe, and I took it off to put on mine to play for a minute.  It’s HUGE on my “little” camera, but I liked the feel of it.  I took this picture with it:  It would be quite a versatile lens to have someday, and it’s not one that’s totally out of my reach, price-wise.  I mean, I might have to get another job and stop feeding the children so much and sell some of Matt’s stuff, but then maybe I could.  :)

James was “rolling, rolling.”

He did this like a million times – thanks for rolling with him Laura!

David’s sister and his mom (they were a little chilly!)

David gave the kids all flashlights.  They thought these were the BEST PRESENTS EVER!

Since my mom had to leave pretty quickly, they started exchanging gifts while we were there.  Mom made neck warmers for everyone and also these pretty hand towels that have a hanger to stay on the oven handle. 

Mom got some of her favorite Keurig cups.  Yay!

Laura gave her a pretty cross bracelet (being fastened here) and David’s son gave her a pretty box – perfect for keeping it in!  I told Mom I will have no idea what she’s talking about if it comes up missing.  :)

It was a very super wonderful lunch – thank you David and everyone! 
We headed home to do the nap thing.  I have one more post from Christmas Day, and then it will be back to our regularly scheduled programming!