We have been in full-swing holiday spirit over here for quite a while now. We had our first (hopefully annual) Christmas party on December 6th. Followed by a family Christmas gathering on December 7th. Josh's parents were in town the next weekend, so we had fun trekking all over with them. Now we are headed back to SW Minnesota for another Christmas celebration this weekend. We will be going to Moorhead for Christmas and then heading back to SW Minnesota for a cousin's wedding on the 28th. We will definitely be making our rounds of the state. I feel like we should throw a trip to Duluth in for good measure!
Our Christmas party was a hit! It was so fun to see everyone and I was shocked that we were able to fit everyone in our tiny little duplex. For food, we had a few kinds of Christmas cookies (chocolate covered cherry, cherry shortbread, gingerbread, cranberry pistachio, and peppermint meltaways), spinach dip, caprese skewers, and strawberries (these were supposed to be Santa hats, but it was a pinterest fail). For the first time ever at a party I have hosted, we ran out of food! Everything was a huge hit.
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| Crammed in the kitchen |
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| Cookies |
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| Caprese and Strawberries |
Note to anyone thinking of making the strawberries, the whipped cream melts almost instantly. You might want to try piping cool whip, but that might melt too.
The Gehl family Christmas party in Marshall was a good time. It was Hawaiian themed this year.
On the way down, we stopped at the Dairy Queen in Olivia and they gave Avery a doggie sundae. She liked it so much, she could hardly contain herself.
Almost all of our gifts are wrapped, and even though I am not looking forward to spending so much time in the car, I am looking forward to time with family.
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