The Gabrielsen Seven

The Gabrielsen Seven

Monday, December 27, 2021

Christmas!

First, some pics from Grace's phone:
Me and Derek/Clara's baby Josie.
Farmington Bay on Christmas Eve morning.
These weirdies.
Games on Christmas Eve afternoon. Yahtzee for me and Alice, Dos for Paul and Charlie,
and Grace and Danny played Scrabble, then 3-D Battleship.
Charlie was still feeling sick on Christmas morning, but he loved the marshmallow shooters Paul made us all. 
Now on to Paul's pics:
Danny reading by the tree.
Everyone helping make the Filipino chicken stew (afritada).
Dancing.
Christmas magic.
Decorating sugar cookies.
Delicious pho date on a cold night.
Scrabble at breakfast.
Making quiche.
Playing with fake snow.
Danny, Charlie, Asael, and Tom.
Bald eagle at Farmington Bay.
Playing Uno.
Christmas Eve Filipino feast.

Nativity play.
Treats and Arthur Christmas before bed.
Christmas morning.
Matching brothers.
Presents at Grandma/pa Gabe's.
Toby's new googly-eyed jenga is a hit.
Ok, now my pics:
New Christmas book.
Sick Danny and Alice.
Filipino afritada.
Dreidel.
He liked the ribbon on one of the neighbor gifts.
Charlie came up with something to do when he was bored one day.
TV time.
Sugar cookie decorating.
Star cookie!

Grace got her very first phone. She loves it!
Paul helping her set it up and teaching her how to use it.
These guys are pretty good buddies.
I had a date with Danny playing Chutes and Ladders. He LOVED it!
Post library trip.
Charlie's frog and duck. "So buff! Not breaking a sweat!"
Alice and Josie.
Grace and Josie.
Josie and Paul.
Danny and Tom.
Me and Derek (maskless for the photo).
Our annual Christmas puzzle we do with the girls. We're down below 40 minutes to finish this year!
Farmington Bay.

Great Blue Heron.
Christmas Eve morning drive.
Sick for the holidays:(
Everyone enjoys Grace's new phone.
Me and my girl.
Charlie made this for the boys' room.
An attempt at a Christmas tree photo.
That's better.
Christmas Eve dinner.
Nativity play. Paul is one of the wise men, obviously. 
Twas the Night Before Christmas. I just want to wrap this whole group up with a ribbon!
Last night before the magic starts to fade.
Christmas morning.
Toby loved his new blanket and Daniel Tiger book.
Spreadsheet socks!
Space shuttle.
Phone case, high tops, and jewelry.
A doll that looks like her.
Projector for Paul. (Charlie liked the cool bubble wrapping.)
Trick shot trampoline/ball set.
Paul carved me a fish ornament.
He also framed some of my outdoor photography.
Zoom in and you'll see what Grace made each of us: our favorite cartoon character traced in tiny words telling us things she loves about us!
Our advent ornaments.
Christmas card wall.
Snuggies from Grandma Terisa.
Sunday after Christmas. Toby's sick again. He gets that red mark on his face from wiping his nose with his sleeve over and over.
Bop-It has been the favorite group gift.
We got Charlie a blank comic book for Christmas. He has only filled in the "About the author" page so far. "I am a buff pro wrestler, 27, I have a moustache and I never wear a shirt. I won the Nobel Prize on July 10th, 2024. I wrote this book about one of my favorite foods when I was a kid. I got this blank comic book and filled it in with this book! The end. P.S. I got the Nobel Prize in pro wrestling. P.P.S. It was $1000! P.P.P.S. I'm RICH!"
Alice's new coat from Grandma Terisa.
Toby playing with a squid hat today.
The reference picture for the ornament Paul made me. It was my one Christmas in the Philippines.
This guy.
He sure loved that ribbon!
Grace wanted a profile pic for all her new phone stuff.
Photos in front of the tree.





Danny's class Santas. His is in the middle left, with a big flat-bottomed mustache. Merry Christmas!

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