Christmas at the Chase's

We arrived in MO. around Sunday afternoon. We had a great time with Leah and her family, although Jared and I would have loved to play Risk or something with Chris and Jacob, but our visit was too short. Sunday night we made our way to Warrenton to see the whole Duree family and their new additions, Amy (Jasons new wife) and Jack and Heathers new son. We took Leah with us and she had the opportunity to see Jennifer Duree and her family while I visited with Linda, Elaine and Bonnie. There was a ton of food there and we definately had our fill.

Monday was spent getting ready for our Christmas Eve dinner at Marc and Holly's house in St. Louis, there we saw Granny, Linda, Levi, Susie and their new baby Aubie. She was the youngest there for now, Leah is expecting her 5th child somewhere in early Jan. 2008. We can't wait for some pics.

The girls really enjoyed playing with their cousins, Julianna, Dee-dee and Rachel. All the girls got together to play dress-up in Julianna's room. That was a sight to see. Meanwhile , in the family room all the grown-ups spent their time 'chit-chatting ' and taking as many pictures of everything as possible.

Once we were done eating and talking we opened presents and got some really great gifts. Just look at those happy faces. Altogether it was a great Christmas and I must say that dinner was amazing everyone who helped did a great job. The cooking were also really good. I had 20 of those Russian cookies....

We are really glad that we were able to make that trip out there. it was worth seeing everyone and sharing Christmas with friends and family. The only thing that could have made Christmas even more special was if it snowed.. But it was definately cold enough.