Christmas party, Mike & Emily's Wedding, January 2014

Our Family Christmas Party

1. It's good to have it at the church where there is room to eat and room to play!

2. They promised me it wasn't poker, but it had something to do with betting different kinds of cold cereal. Tesha was the 'responsible adult.'

3. Love to see cousins who live so far away meet each other.

Zander and Levi

4. This is how we picked who would be first when I was there age.

Robert, Kaden, Caleb, Isaac.

5. Sword fights

6. Plenty of good food - I think Daniel will keep us

7. Maren and Alaina

8. Of course, we had skits back at our house.

9. Games down stairs!

10. More skits - I think Peter wants to join the next one

11. Danny and Noelle

12. Kirsten and Mallory

13. New Year's Day was wedding breakfast preparation time
for Mike and Emily.

14. John, Tesha, and Spencer helped so much

15. A big thank you to Daniel and Ellen for cleaning from the party the night before

16. We bought cucumbers for the salad bar and before Tesha knew that was what it was for, 

she took a big bite out of it. She chopped up the rest!

17. Leah found the ice cream lid!

18. We forgot the Reeces Pieces for the wedding breakfast, so we picked it up before the wedding.

19. I have no pictures of the wedding. This is it. I am really depending on other people's pictures.

20. A great big "Thank you" to Sheila for helping in the kitchen.

21. Dishing up ice cream

22. Marri, Noelle, Katrina, Danny, Elise, Sammi, Steven

23. Bill, Robinette, Cathy, Anita, and Marc

24. Anne & Bob

25. Marion, Cory, and Chloe

26. Getting ready for a cousin party with U. Mike & A. Emily

27. Ben with his arm around Suzy - so cute

28. Cutting the cake

29. Great visiting

30. Visiting with cousins. That is why we have decided to have the reunion this year with extended family.

31. The grand kids have had such a fun time decorating poor George. Once at Ellen's wedding and now at Mike's wedding. The car has been worth it just for the good time all have had.

32. Sunday - Little Amelia's baby blessing and Josh being ordained a Priest

Again, I am at the mercy of Colleen for pictures. We had a wonderful gathering here at home with Colleen's family and those of us that were left.

Zach eating the desserts. 

33. Last picture of Joe's family. It was so wonderful to have them here.
Notice their hats. Carol Coleman still has a lot of hats left that she has made. They are so warm and so many colors. She will give them to any of our family that wants them.

I love you all so much. We had such so many wonderful gatherings. It was so good to see brothers get to visit with each other. Thank you so much for the family party.

It just wasn't right to take pictures of our family home evening. It meant a lot to me that we could all gather together for this time together. Almost we had our whole family. Maybe some day.

Little Amelia's blessing was so beautiful. It was such a wonderful day with Josh being ordained.
We are so blessed, and I am so thankful to my Father in Heaven for each of you.