Christmas 2008 Part 1

Our annual Christmas tradition is to spend Christmas Eve with the Chaney clan. This year was no different. After attending 5:00 Mass at St. Vincent's, it was back to the Chaney compound. But this year - the Chaney compound was in Mansfield, not Arlington. This was the first Christmas at the NEW Chaney compound.

The rule is that we have to have dinner before we open any gifts. We had the traditional Christmas pizza. We also had the traditional question, "Are you done yet?".

This year we added a new wrinkle - no one gets to open their presents until all the presents have been handed out.
Paul and John wait patiently...well, somewhat patiently for everyone to get together so they could start opening gifts.
Can we start yet??? All 4 boys did really well waiting for the start gun to go off.
Mom and John stop for a photo together.
Brendan is required to give a nice smile before all the painful picture taking will stop.
The gifts just keep on coming!
Mom and Dad are having a Merry Christmas.
Mom gets new shades for Christmas. She looks way cool.
Brendan got spy goggles from Aunt Angela & Uncle John. Now, those are cool.
Uncle John is looking to see where Santa is.
James is ready for bed so he can check out what Santa leaves in the morning.
Wow! What happened to all the presents? The tree looks bare. I think a good time was had by all. Everyone got great gifts. Merry Christmas!