It was hardly that long ago, but now Christmas 2022 is in the past. Earlier, we had planned to stay home for the holiday, those plans happily didn't happen and, we had a wonderful time visiting family.
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| Grandchildren and us |
What made this holiday unique was that all three grandchildren and parents were together in the same state. That hasn't happened for a couple of years. |
| Grenville's daughters, Shannon & Coleen, with partners |
The holiday get-together was at the home of oldest daughter with her fiancé (bottom left). Grenville (Patrick) was happy to have both daughters together along with all three grandchildren.  |
| Granddaughters opening gifts |
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| Gift opening continued for all 3 grandchildren |
Of course, the highlight of Christmas morning was when the grandchildren, like most youngsters, were over anxious to open their gifts.
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| Playing holiday pictionary was a popular afternoon activity for everyone |
The highlight of Christmas afternoon was playing holiday Pictionary with everyone joining in the fun. It was clear that there were no budding artists in the group, but everyone had fun.Random family photos taken on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. |
| The Holiday Lights Spectacular was very popular on the evening of Dec 26 |
The day after Christmas, family members went on a road trip to view the Holiday Lights Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, RI. This walk-through experience started after Thanksgiving and ended Jan 1. Proceeds support the Zoo’s ongoing animal care, education programs and conservation initiatives.
The display featured 40 acres of larger-than-life luminous displays including radiant reindeers and sparkly snowmen with over 3-1/2 million illuminated lights. It also featured 40 acres of larger-than-life luminous displays including reindeers and sparkly snowmen and over 3-1/2 million illuminated lights.
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| Top photo was taken in RI hotel lobby, bottom left in RI, bottom right in CT |
As part of our holiday custom, we took selfies by several Christmas trees during our 4-day trip.  |
| Great nephew & great niece, their mom, grandparents and cousin |
This last collage shows our great nieces and nephew and their grandparents my brother and his wife. (Photos were sent by family.)
Thanks for taking the time to look at a recap of our 2022 family Christmas holiday. We hope that however yours was spent, you shared special time with loved ones.
30 comments:
I very much enjoyed your Christmas recap. each photo is special and I love all the nappers, with kudos to Santa sleeping with a special elf at this feet sharing the blanket. what a fun filled family Christmas. everyone looks happy and healthy. I want that shirt about overthinking. that is so ME...
I'm happy that there was the opportunity over the holiday period to enjoy family times. It looks like everyone had fun. Lovely family photos and the ones of the light show are also spectacular put on for a good cause. Thank you for sharing.
Wow! From expecting to stay home to all of that. What a treat. And that boy has certainly grown.
Fabulous family photos! They show you made a great choice to travel and be with Patrick's daughters and their families for Christmas. The light show sounds like a wonderful family activity between Christmas and the New Year. Happy 2023!
What a great gathering of family! Looks like everyone enjoyed being together.
Now that was a family gathering! Looks like a wonderful time.
Happy 2023!! :)
What a wonderful time you must have had with family. Now for a restful January? Loved all the pictures!
So happy for you all being together! These wonderful photos will become such treasures to remember the fun you had. Very glad to see all the family gathering!
What a lovely and joyful family you have! It turned into a wonderful Christmas for everyone.
What can I say besides absolutely Delightful?
Precious memories and you have such a beautiful family.
Love seeing everyone's traditions.
May this new year be full of health and happiness.
Sue
What a beautiful family. It looks like everyone had a good holiday.
YOu have such a beautiful family and it looks like you are all having a wonderful time. Family, holidays, traditions -- they are so important and I love seeing how your family does their.
If there were a LIKE button I would click it. Without it, let me just say Happy New Year! It is wonderful that you were able to share time with family. Be well!
Looks like you had fun!
It looks like everybody had a fun time. All the best to you and your family.
You have wonderful pictures of such wonderful family members. They all look so happy and are having a lot of fun. I am glad for the two of you to have such a fun time at Christmas.
It looks like a wonderful holiday. It's wonderful you were able to see and spend time with family. And the walk through the light festival looks like a fun thing to do too. We had a fairly quiet holiday this year so it was fun to see all your photos.
That’s wonderful that the whole crew was together. We also had all 3 of our children and 3 grandkids here on Christmas Day, which was a blessing after the last few years. I enjoyed your photos. Everyone looks happy and healthy.
What a wonderful holiday you had!!
Lots of smiling faces.
Happy New Year
Cathy
Oh so wonderful that you were able to be with your families for Christmas after all! What a blessing for all of you! Love the pictures of the family and also you and Grenville in front of the trees, etc. What a happy time! And now we settle in for the winter and a New Year! Hope you have a blessed and Happy New Year!
A grand family gathering to be sure.
I'm so glad that you visited family for Christmas! The photos definitely show what a wonderful time was had by all. Granddaughters looked pretty happy with their gifts, and funny shirts for grandson. We've never played holiday Pictionary. Even the original version we haven't played in many years. We gifted a few games for Christmas so hopefully our recipients will have fun with them when they get around to playing.
The walk-thru Holiday Lights Spectacular looked very festive, and what a great cause to support.
As always, your selfies are so sweet and I enjoy seeing your smiling happy faces!
~Mary
Love the photos of your beautiful family, Dorothy.
Such a grand family gathering!
Wishing you a wonderful 2023!
I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas spent with your loved ones, Beatrice. May 2023 treat you all kindly. Take good care. :)
What a beautiful time with family! I just love it. Happy New Year!
Does the heart good to see such a wonderful gathering. Loved each and every photo! I may have said this before but can't say it enough, A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to you and Pat and your sweet family.
I particularly enjoyed looking at the pictionary playing by the young and adult members of the family. Fun and creativity at its best!
I love all these beautiful photos! You have a lovely family! Thanks for sharing them with us!
I really loved looking at your family photos my dear friend!
Having time together with loved ones specially on such special festivals is gift indeed!
I love how both travel to your family in order to join them on Christmas. In this whole world love and family makes life worth living i believe Dorothy and it makes me happy that such people still exist who value these things.
So enjoyed these treasured shots.
Thanks for sharing!
Hugs and blessings
Wonderful Christmas Dorothy! Thanks for sharing. I have quite a lot of photos of Bill taking a Christmas nap back when we used to have huge family Christmases. And he was younger then
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