1st annual bovard/sansone family christmas party

today was the day...we had a big family only christmas party. it was a great day. francine, chris's mom made great food and we exchanged a few gifts. chris has been saving, pining, lusting for an apple laptop for over a year. they are very expensive so we couldn't afford it right away. however, working at a school you can get great deals so when the opportunity presented itself...i jumped on it. all of us chipped in and we got it for chris as a surprise. boy was he in shock. he didn't even open it for over an hour. we were all so delighted to give it to him and he was so grateful. several times throughout the past two years he has saved money or sold things to get this laptop and we had to use the money for family stuff when we were in desperate need while i wasn't working during grad school so seeing him excited made me feel so thrilled inside. i have some great pictures that i'll post later of the big day....so cute....