The final part to the nativity were the three wisemen bring gifts.  

A bunch of us pitched in to buy Mom and Dad a gift certificate to Hale Centre Theatre, and also one to the Olive Garden 

Becca helps Sarah open her stocking 

Mom holding baby Ethan (Shawn and Becca's 2nd child) while the festivities ensue. 

Byron unwraps a present. 

Bruce shows off some of the presents he received. We gave the three guys each a set of books so that they could have some non-computer time. 

We gave Joey a set of Andrew Clements books, like Frindel. 

We gave Adam a set of Artemis Fowl books. 

Annie gets a giant wooden spoon hand carved from Dad. 

Here is me and a couple of my favorite sisters in law Jennifer and Nicole. I tell them all that they are my favorites, because they all are. 

Mike and Megan Whitesides after the lunch 

Everyone was very content after all the good grub. Here is Dan Tanna and Jean 

The wait has finally come to an end. The Ponds decided to wait to do presents until the end of the day. This made it fun for us because we had Christmas in the morning with the Droge's and then went to the Christmas lunch get together at the Ponds and then we did Christmas together in the evening.  

Jen is leaving to China in a couple months, so her big present was a new camera. Enjoy! 

Cody was part of the celebration too as he got a little tug toy attached to some sort of dog bone. 

Brandon doesn't seem too happy to get a settlers expansion does he? Poor guy.

Nicole and Heather sport their annual calendars.  

I got the Fox Trot day calendar that I always wanted. Sweet! 

Michelle got a new coat from her favorite person in the world! It looks great! 

We gave Ralph and Annette the same gift that we gave my parents--a gift certificate to Hale Center Theatre. We figured they would enjoy the date together. 

Michelle and I got a tent and sleeping bags from her parents. This is me making sure it is long enough. And it is! We decided that we would wait until the weather warms up to test out the camping gear. I want Michelle to have a good experience on her first camping trip with me so that she'll want to do it again.  

When we got home, I decided to have a go at setting up our new tent. It didn't quite fit in the living room because it was so big, but I did my best. 

Michelle could hardly contain herself as she checked out the inside of the tent. "This is Great!" 

3rd Annual DaBell Family Ping Pong Tournament

Each year for the last three years, on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, we get together at Dan and Jean DaBell's home for food and fun. The fun is the Ping-Pong tournament. For the last two years, Andrew DaBell has been crowned champion. Never before has anyone won three straight DaBell family Ping Pong tournaments. Will he crumble under the pressure? Also interesting subplots were Father Daughter matchups as shown here and Mother-in-Law Son-in-Law duels. Let the games begin!

There was food, and where the food is there is Brandon also. 

A great Father-Son picture of Dan and Andrew. This was a fore-shadowing of what the final matchup was going to be in the tournament.