We had a wonderful Christmas. Colin was very happy that no one got coal from Santa. I am not so sure why he was so worried, we didn't discuss coal from Santa much and, to my knowledge, no one deserved it. Perhaps he knows something I don't. :)

The Saturday before Christmas we went to Great Grandma Reeder's annual Christmas party. She always wants each family to share a talent after dinner and this year we were finally talented! (Ok, so anyway, we had a talent to share.) Colin and Robyn each played their fiddles and Randy accompanied Colin with his guitar. Colin and Randy played Jingle Bells, Boil 'em Cabbage, and Shortenin' Bread. Robyn played Jingle Bells all by herself. She was so brave. I was very proud of all of them. Colin doesn't have to be brave to do stuff like that, he likes it. Robyn gets very nervous, but you couldn't a bit that she has that tendency. Uncle Jeremy and Uncle Jack each played their guitars and Great Grandma read a poem. No one else voluteered a talent - good thing the Larry Reeder branch of the family made a good showing. \

After the talent show came karaoke - Colin's absolute favorite part of the entire year. He loves to do karaoke at the Christmas party. He was very good at not being a microphone hog this year, but no one else really wanted to give it a shot, so he got plenty of time on stage himself. He talked his cousins into singing a song with him once, but Santa came in the middle of it and they all left to follow Santa. Colin stayed and finished the song, then went to find Santa. It was funny.

Grace was very brave. She climbed right up on Santa's lap, gave him a big hug, and said "Merry Christmas." It was very cute.