Our second family Christmas celebration was with the Schmitts this past weekend. The house was buzzing with all five grandchildren running around and it was great.

Lucy's first Barbie: "Doe Wipe Barbie"


Grandma and Grandpa had a fun game for the older boys to play: they hid jingle bells all over the upstairs of the house and asked the boys to find as many as they could. The Christmas presents for the boys included electronic banks. After we opened up gifts Grandpa told them that each jingle bell had a number written on it (5, 10, 25) and they would be given a coin for each. He handed out the money to the boys and they put them into their new banks. It was all very exciting for the little guys!


Albert kept busy by hanging the little bells on the branches of the tree.


As per Grandma's request we attempted to get a photo of the entire family. However, wiggly toddlers, unhappy older children/adults and the lack of a space big enough to accommodate all fifteen of us all made it very difficult. This is the result: (poor little Albert is just a blur)