Overall we had five Christmas get togethers and all of them were fabulous!
Dec. 19, Christmas at Uncle Don & Aunt Joyce’s house. Santa came and brought a gift for each of the kids. The little girls got “strawberry shortcake” and “blueberry muffin” dolls and Ally got a Strawberry Shortcake car toy. Ally actually sat on Santa’s lap and told him she wanted a pony for Christmas. The little girls were not too sure about Santa and kept their distance until he left. We also make gingerbread houses with the kids and they all LOVED that, plus they all loved eating the candy.
Dec. 20, Christmas at my mom & Bob’s with Paul & Amy. The evening was filled with fun and the girls enjoyed their second round of presents.
Dec. 24, Christmas Eve at my mom & Bob’s with Pat, Rob, & Dynl Crow. LOTS OF FOOD! After dinner we hung out for a little bit, visited the “Woodstra’s/Briggs’/VanderWoude’s” and then battled the weather to church. The service was great and the girls loved the singing. They even made friends with the grandma in front of us and the little girl across the aisle, and even the lady in the back of the church was dancing with them.
Dec. 25, Christmas at our house with Jerry’s mom & Ken, and my mom & Bob. The girls woke up excited to see ALL the presents under the tree and their stockings filled with stuff from Santa. Ally’s favorite presents were the American Girl (Bitty Baby) clothes and all the Strawberry Shortcake stuff.
Dec. 26, Christmas with Jerry’s dad & Joyce, grandma, and sister Arlene & Marshall & little Marshall. The kids just ran around and played all evening and loved opening the last presents of the season.
This year we started a new tradition of making a cake for Jesus, since Dec. 25 is his birthday. The girls all helped add the ingredients, stir, and decorate. The cake turned out pretty cute and the girls are enjoying eating it. We all sang happy birthday to Jesus on Christmas day and Lauren & Olivia blew out the candle on the cake. They thought that was pretty cool. A successful week of fun events and now a week of trying to recuperate, relax, and enjoy each other’s company.
Yesterday we had eight tickets to the Griffins game, so we asked Arlene & Marshall to come with us. It was a good time. It was little Marshall’s first game and he LOVED it. The kids were all screaming, laughing, and enjoying themselves the whole time. Olivia was trying to take pictures of the “hockey boys”. She kept saying “look at me hockey boys”. It was pretty funny, since she was serious and she really wanted them to look at her so she could take a picture of them. She also made her way to the big screen, and so did Lauren for a second. It’s always good to get out and have something different to do. This was our second “hockey boy game” (as the girls would say) and we all had a blast. 
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