Despite the plumbing issue that came up over the holidays, we had a great Christmas in our new house, with six family members and one dog coming to stay – 11 of us in total.  The house looked great.

Here is the preparation for our Christmas dinner.

Lisa and my mother made a great beef Wellington.

To accommodate everyone, in addition to our two official guest rooms, we managed to cobble together two additional bedroom sets and create an additional two guest rooms in our basement.  The house worked very well with a lot of guests.