Christmas with the Buffaloes

We visited with Sam's side on Christmas Eve at his brother's house. I took a picture of the curly-headed cousins, a club which James has (temporarily?) been kicked out of. 

Leah & Papaw & his Santa hat. 

Making food! We had a delicious prime rib & roasted root vegetables & Sam made rolls (& James & Aunt Barb had mushroom sandwiches). 

These two were impatient for dinner - but I think mainly because presents were after dinner. True to form!

Also unsurprisingly, these two spent the rest of the time reading. 

The kids distributed presents & we were deciding how to open them (I think): 

Opening gifts! (All at once.) 

Ellie opening her candy (I think). 

James!

They all got nice soft blankets from their grandparents - Leah's was an elephant print to go with her new elephant stuffie (she's got a whole family going). Believe it or not, this was the best we could do with all of the cousins. 

Barb took a much better one of the rest of the group - too bad she's not in it!

As a bonus, Sam recorded another Christmas Carol: