Life With The Fallon's: Family Fun

Last night, my cousin Keith, his wife Quin and their daughter Ryann came over to our house to exchange Christmas gifts and spend some time together. It started off with some dinner (burgers, dogs, baked beans and fries). Sorry about the raw burger, Quin! Then we had warm, freshly baked brownies with ice cream! (yum) After that, we let the kids open their gifts. Gabe got a Nerf gun set, clothes and a gift card to Toys-R-Us. Marissa got more clothes, girly lotions and a necklace. Ryann got the book "Oliva" for her Leap Frog Pad and a Littlest Pet Shop stuffed animal that you can log on to the internet like the Webkins. When the kids were all done with that, we all headed up stairs to the game/play room. There, we started out taking turns at Guitar Hero. We all had fun, but Keith took it a little too seriously. We thought by the end of his 50th try, he was going to smash the guitar. He got really good though. John was over at the karaoke machine singing a little axle rose. The kids were all driving remote control cars and shooting each other with Nerf guns. While all of this was going on, the pup, Mo Chuisle was going nuts! She had never seen so much going on at one time. She was chasing the cars, trying to eat nerf darts and biting at the guitar. Finally, she just layed down and fell asleep in the middle of it all. One by one, they all started to fall asleep. First it was Gabe, then Quin, and then Marissa. Ryann, being the little night owl she is, was still going strong. She started to cry, even though it was midnight, when Mommy and Daddy said it was time to go home. We had a great time spending time with our family.