the laughlins celebrated christmas at the smith homestead this year. all the cousins (sadie, gabe, rowan, sawyer, ramona, adam, and charlie) had a blast from the moment they walked into the house, beginning with tractor rides and hot chocolate, to the time they left. with presents, eating treats, more tractor rides and hot chocolate in between. the pictures say it all.

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from top, left...
1. adam on uncle andrew
2. mom ("nana") knit all 7 grandchildren these awesome sweaters
3. even the babies got their own sweaters!
4. uncle dan with adam and gabe
5. uncle dan with charlie
6. the godsend: the jelly bean jumper saves the day as the kids were cooped up inside because of rain (thanks, aunt peg and uncle steven!)
7. uncle jon and adam
8. the christmas dinner table (the laughlin traditional of leg of lamb)
9. the kids table (in the kitchen)
10. uncle andrew, aunt larua, and ramona and adam
11. second row, left to right: dan and kara, laura, andrew, and ramona, jon (holding)charlie, rachel, liz (holding)adam, kenny
front row, left to right: sadie, nana (holding)rowan, pop-pop (holding)sawyer, gabe
12. jon driving the kids on the tractor
13. uncle dan with rowan and sawyer
14. the kids playing with their punching balloons on christmas morning (after opening their stockings)