More Cronley Christmas

I can't beleaf that no one has posted Christmas pictures or reports so here goes.
Tom and I, along with CC and Charles, arrived at Charlies on Tuesday night after both of us braved very icy roads.

Christmas Eve day was spent making cookies, eating cookies and playing cards Old Maid and guess who was the old maid every time!The guys had to go out to wash cars and get beer.

Dinner was homemade chicken cordon bleu. All of us dressed for 10:00 Mass. The girls went early and got a super front pew. The guys and kids came during the choral pre-Mass concert (very good). When we got back, Lisa and her guys and Jay and Kelly were there and very tired.
Waiting on the steps very patiently until 8:00, we went down to the tree. Lily and Ray were the Santas distributing and opening presents. Ray's fav was Guitar Hero which ended up everybody's favorite. Our family present letter this year was "W". We got wreaths, whoopee cushions, werther's candy, windmill, whiskey, charlies' bag o dubyahs. Help me out here, fam.
We did our annual everyone sitting in the wrapping paper picture.

Maria, always the perfect hostess had a delicious prime rib roast for dinner and Wine. After dinner we went downtown Cincy to see Charlie's new office space in a renovated neighborhood firehouse, very cool 3 story place. He arranged for his photographer friend to take our family picture, so proud of it.

The next day was spent eating Christmas cookies, visiting with Dick, Jill, Brian and Jeff Cronley, playing Michigan Rummy and Guitar Hero and shopping/looking @ Christmas bargains. After a dinner of homemade lasagna (Kudoes to Maria again), some of us drove to the IKEA store for more shopping. More cards and wine drinking went on until some of us went to bed.

Tom and Priscilla left at 8am, CC and Charles left at noon with Lisa and family right behind them. Kelly and Jay stayed until Sunday morning. We are so blessed to be able to all get together with family every other year.