Wed., Christmas Day, 12/25/19....Went to Melissa's, Went to Kimmy's, Went to Rody's moms

This is the only snow I saw...it's at Melissa's from the boys fort.  A little White Christmas! 

Evan, Bill, Max, Melissa, Bruce, Jack and Hailey

Evan, Bill, Max, Bruce, Jack, me and Hailey

My yummy breakfast Bruce made

Hailey passing out gifts

Melissa

Bruce

Hailey

Jack

Max

Evan

Bill with the ping pong socks Max, Jack and Evan got him

Evan, Abby, Hailey, Jack, Melissa and Bruce watching Abby opening her present

Adam with his legos

Eli pretty comfy with my neck thing from Hailey

Kimmy, Eli, Jared, me, Bill, Jacob and Adam.....Wyatt in front

Jacob and Eli

Papa and Jacob

 Papa and Jacob being photo bombed by Adam lol

Me and my Eli

Listened to worshipful Christmas Music and then read my Bible. We went to Bruce and Melissa's house at 9.  The kids all came running and gave us great hugs.  We had cinnamon rolls and coffee first, then Bruce made us an amazing breakfast...egg casserole, plain scrambled eggs, rolls with egg and potatoes inside, waffles (stuff to make Belgium waffles too), hash browns, American fries, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, and homemade bread.  It was the best breakfast ever!  Afterward we opened gifts.

I love this tradition.  It was so much fun watching them open their gifts. We loved our gifts too...especially Bill's ping pong socks and the snowballs.  We had a snowball fight in the house with them.  Nice that they don't hurt when they hit.  We went to Kimmy and Jared's after that.  Love relaxing in their LazyBoy's.  I brought the snowballs in for them to see.  We really had a snowball fight there.  Those boys got into it and so did Jared. It was so much fun.  Eli loved using my neck thing I got from Hailey.  I brought it in to show them because it is so comfy.  Kimmy had snacks and meat and cheese out, but we were too full to eat. We had a nice time there and then got our hugs and left for home.  We rested at home for a little while and then went to Rody's moms for dinner.  They had just finished opening presents.  We visited and then ate.  The food was delicious.  Didn't eat much, because we were still pretty full.  They are always so nice. Peyton and Isaac were cute.  We came home and watched It's a Wonderful Life.

Tues., Dec 24, 2019..Happy Birthday Jesus!!! Had our family Christmas...It was such a nice day

Mykenzie, Vikki and Rody
Peyton and Isaac

Isaac, Peyton and Kenzie

Jacob, Jack and Adam

Bruce, Melissa and Max

Hailey, Jack Evan

Max, Jack, Hailey, and Evan

Bill reading the Bible, Evan watching.

Everyone ready to open gifts

Eli gets most expressive face award for the day!  Love his expressions

Eli with all of his gifts and his cute expression

Bill and I

 Adam and Jacob

 Peyton opening her gel pens...Uncle Jared, Adam, Jacob and Kenzie in background

Eli opening his money from Papa and I...Jared and Adam watching

 Eli opening gift...see what I mean about expressions.  Evan, Jack and Jared watching 

 Eli with his Lego set!

 Adam and Jacob

 Jacob with Nerf gun we got him

 Jared with pins Kenzie made him...Truman is on one of them

 Bill giving his gift a thumbs up...me watching

Adam and Eli in the basement putting legos together

Charlie, Jared, Jacob, Bill and Bruce....Euchre game going on

Eli and Jack with the stack of money boxes I use for grandkids Christmas money.

                                             Max very happy with his Taco Bell card and Cheez'its

Jack and Adam

Evan, Eli and Kody

Hailey and Peyton

Bill reading the Christmas Story, me next to him and Isaac videoing

Bill with his Jingle Bell Hat on

Hailey With her coffee and her phone

Max, Jacob, Hailey and Adam in the back row
Isaac, Kody, Peyton, Jack, Eli and Evan in front

Kenzie with Peyton's Kitty Ears on

Hailey, Peyton, Eli, Isaac and Rody

Bruce getting a little shut eye

Jacob and Kenzie

Bill, Stacie and I

My Kenzie and I

Peyton, Jacob and Kenzie

Jacob with his new Beat Headphones

Got up early and made the cheesy potatoes, set tables, and got everything ready.  Read my Bible and worshipped Jesus!  I am so thankful for Him and what He has done for us.  Kimmy and family got here about 9, and Melissa and her family and Vikki and her family shortly after.  We snacked on sausage, cheese, crackers and Christmas Cookies.  Took some pictures and videos and then opened gifts.  The kids did their gift exchange first.  It was fun watching them and they gave each other such thoughtful gifts.  We all opened according to age afterward.  We all got such nice gifts and our family is so special and giving.  Bill wrapped his own gifts for me this year.  First time ever!  Kimmy was out of a job.  Charlie came, but Sue wasn't feeling well, so stayed home.  Melissa and Kimmy helped set the silverware on tables.  We ate at 2. Kimmy and Vikki made me sit down, and they cleaned everything up and put all the food away.  They always do this for me and are such blessings.   I texted Stacie because they weren't here at 2.    There was a mix up and she thought it was tomorrow.  It ended up her boss let everyone go home, so she picked DJ and Kody up and they came around 3.  The girls were blessings again and got everything out for them to fix their plates and eat.  What kind hearted sweet girls.  The guys played Euchre.  We ate dessert after we were done being so full.  Rody had to leave to do sound for the Christmas Eve Service at Church.  He came back afterward.  Melissa and her family left to go to the Christmas Service at Bethlehem.  Kimmy, Jared, Jacob,Vikki and I played 3-13. I was the big winner tonight.  We watched Overcomer while we played.  Jack played his instrument for us and Eli played his recorder for us.  Then Kimmy and Vikki cleaned up everything again and unloaded the dishes from my dishwasher.  I am so blessed.  I love my family!