North Carolina - Wednesday

Wednesday morning brought cleaning up Glenn and Melissa's house so we could head to Nathan's. We had really enjoyed staying at their house...it was a good place to come back and crash at the end of the day.

By the middle of the afternoon, we headed over to Nathan and Heather's house, about an hour and a half drive west. There we were met by David and Kathy and their kids, Kelsey, Lauren, Ella, and Eli, and of course, Nathan and Heather, and their girls, Rachael and Madeline. There was much excitement!!

The kids got busy on decorating some Christmas cookies. This has always been a favorite activity that the kids have enjoyed doing with Grandma. My camera was on a funny setting that I didn't figure out for quite some time, hence the fuzzy pictures.

Luke and Lauren

The first of many, many, many attempts to get all the cousins in one good picture!!

Again, a horrible picture that shows the kids watching Nathan's train around his Christmas tree.

Christmas Eve for the Bagg family is a big family party with lots of food. Must-have dishes are shrimp dip, maggot salad, swedish meatballs, rotel cheese dip, mini ham & cheese sandwiches with poppy seed dressing, and on and on. Then when you think you can't eat anymore, out come the desserts!!

The kids ate and headed downstairs to watch The Polar Express and an eery calm fell over the house!! They literally didn't move for that hour and a half and the adults enjoyed a little uninterrupted conversation!!

After the movie, the kids opened their new pj's and most of them headed off to bed for Santa would soon be coming!!