Merry Christmas Part II!
Yesterday we took it easy for the first half of the day – oatmeal, coffee and a 3.5 mile run for meee!
Mom and I made some videos for Real Health and then lunch – avocado, tomato and hummus on Great Harvest bread with fruit on the side
Our avocado looks brown because the baby was hungry in between lunch being served and eaten 
For dinner we all went over to Matt’s dad’s side of the family – all Monsons!
The growing family: Matt’s uncle David, Grandma Helen, cousin Natalie
Plus Dylan and Matt’s dad Mark
Plus Matt’s step mother Cheryl and cousin Dylan
Plus Aunt Mary Ann and Matt…
Plus my dad, me and doggie Max
Four generations!!!
Max the amazing flying dog
We opened presents
Collaborated on dinner
Ate cheese + crackers
And had a feast of grilled salmon, goat cheese sweet potatoes with pistachios, Brussels sprouts with mushrooms and pecans and a salad with goat cheese, pecans, and homemade dressing (that was my dish 
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More delicious desserts! {The last hurrah before heading home}
The whole family together! {Note the giant fish – haha!}
A delicious day, and a fun second Christmas.
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Beautiful family pictures! Do those hats come out of those firecracker popper things? Are the hats a family tradition?
Yep, they were favors
That oatmeal looks so creammy and yum! My fave pic of your oatmeal though was when Matt piled his oatmeal high with whipped cream! Now that’s what I call oatmeal!!
Love those Spode Christmas Tree plates. Everything looks yumy!
We celebrate two Christmases too. It’s fun to spread them out so that basically the whole last two weeks of December are “Christmas”
What a beautiful family! (And a beautiful dessert plate
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All of those family pictures are something to cherish. Maybe Christmas presents next year?
Kath, you’ve had such a picture perfect Christmas! It looks like the babe enjoyed his first holiday, too:)
I have to say, I’m always so happy when I hit “the last hurrah” with dessert. Mine was yesterday when all of the peanut butter balls and gingerbread cookies were finished off. It was kind of like *sigh* “I can finally eat some healthy stuff again.” Today started with a swim workout and a green smoothie. My body was grateful!
No explanation of the paper crowns?! Looks like a fun crew
They were in the party favor poppers
Avocado, hummus, and tomato sandwiches are my go-to! I like to drizzle a little Sriracha on mine for some added spice though! yum! Glad your having such a nice time with your family!
Such a fun Christmas! Those brussels look amazing!
That’s so great that you got ANOTHER Christmas celebration! I’m sure everyone enjoyed spending time with Maze!
So fun! I love the sound of all your bread, I wish I could buy some! Of course I live in Ky and I cant find any bakery’s that sound as good as yours so far.
Is there a recipe you could share for the sweet potato dish? It looks really good!
We’re going to type it up soon
Gorgeous family pics! Sweet potatoes with pistachios sound amazing! Are there some pumpkin seeds in the mix too? Looks yum! I also want to dive head first in to the Brussels with pecans…can’t get enough of the combo!
Love the photo of everyone wearing their paper hats from the Christmas crackers! That is also one of our holiday traditions.
LOVE that picture of Mazen (the one right after your oatmeal picture). SO cute!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
that’s a BEAUTIFUL kitchen!
Mazen looks so much older in these photos – so cute! Our babies were born around the same time, and it’s awesome to see how much they’re changing around this 3+ mo timeline. Happy New Year!