Our first order of business was to celebrate Christmas with the Patenaude clan...just a couple of days late! Many Patenaude's converged on the house, and we enjoyed a night of yummy food and present opening. Maggie and Ron prepared an amazing feast, and it was so nice to catch up with them in person.
The Patenaude Christmas Tree
Jenny assists in Christmas dinner preparation
Jenny, Sean, and Adriah take a moment to pose
Ava and Maggie enjoy playing with some new toys
Several generations of Patenaude women enjoy some time together on the couch
We didn't realize that the hoodie we bought for Adriah's gift had ears! Hopefully that's what the kids like these days.
After our Christmas celebration, we settled in to some good family time. Ron and Maggie treated us to an authentic lunch of some home cooking at a place called "Babes." When the only two menu options are "fried chicken" and "chicken fried steak," you know they know what they're doing.
We then began mad preparations for our New Years Eve celebration! We kicked it into high gear, and Jenny and Maggie helped me prepare a somewhat ambitious menu for New Years Eve! A ton of Brian's friends came over to ring in the new year...and there were three pregnant ladies in the group! Quite a feat...
Hot and Tart chicken wings finally hit the grill. (After two days of marinating!)
Shortbread cookies just begging to be eaten
Gussied up and slicing the beef tenderloin. This would be the last we'd see of it, as it disappeared off the plate in record time!
The Spread
Three pregnant ladies pose amidst the madness
Ron ponders the new year ahead...
Maggie with her best Zoolander pose
Jen...a little TOO close up
This picture in no way accurately depicts how hilarious this white boy dance party really was
We finished off our visit on New Years Day with a big lunch of Mexican food, and headed off to the airport! It was a wonderful trip and a perfect end to the holiday season!
(Brian will post a much more comprehensive picture update soon!
Happy New Year!!!
2 comments:
hah! great job on the captions, smalls!
we'll need to be sure to get a video of the dance party next time;)
We would have loved to witness the dance party!! It looks like a good time all around, and all the Patenaudes look great!
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