Lochhead Christmas Eve

We had a great Christmas Eve with the Lochheads--this year at Drew & Annie's new home, which was previously Harvey and Dorothy's house of almost 40 years.

The start of a new chapter...  We had a great time!

 All seven cousins on one couch--Jen said, "A Christmas Miracle!"

Gracie, Oden, Janie, Lauren, Anthony, Joshy, and Henry

And look at these three girls with their matching red knit dresses that Auntie Jen made!  They were quite darling.  I wonder if she could knit KILTS for the boys next year...

She also made this great throw for Angela and Ryan's family

 Anthony is getting so big!  Both he and Grace will be FIVE by the summer time!

Henry checking Papa out

 Colleen, Drew and Annie--Oden hiding

 Joshy giving Pappy and Granny an earful

Drew and Annie had our family's names for Christmas

and made this AWESOME puppet show theater!  

 The "Theater" part can unbutton and be replaced with

 "Store" or "Yard Sale," (our kids' personal favorite)

We had the Showalters' names--books for all!

 Josh and Anthony helping Gi-gi open her present

Lauren LOVES celery!

This boy is THIS CLOSE to crawling!

Doesn't he look handsome in his red and white stripes?!

Henry looking a bit sweeeeeeepy...

 ...and now in little elf jams!

 Gracie suckered Papa into a game of Princess Dominoes

 Joshy with his new Elmo slippers--I think Oden may be more interested in this pic

The kids in the bedtime t-shirts that G'ma made for them--

Gracie is notorious for wanting to wear a t-shirt to bed

and Joshy has followed her lead

so these were perfect!

It was a wonderful day!

Thanks for hosting, Drew and Annie!

We all left seriously tired, but excited to get to sleep so that Santa would come!

Weber Christmas Moments

Miss Millie sleeping on Aunt KT's shoulder--don't get me started on those cheeks!!!

Birthday buddies, Jeff & Diane exchanging gifts

 G'ma pulling Papa out of the way  :)

 Squishing 47 of us in the basement

 Great-grandkids ITCHING with excitement over the first gift...

 

JAMMIES!  Made by G'ma Trudy

 Joshy couldn't strip fast enough

 Gracie in her jammies

 The girls in their jams

 Ben, Kelly, and Mills

And my BIGFOOT TIN.  Thanks, Chad!  Looking for my present he just turned around at Walmart and said, "That was easy!"  Ha, ha!

Other non-pictured memories include eating in the garage at 9 tables...watching the Seahawks beat the 49ers earning them a spot in the playoffs, Joshy relentlessly tackling Brookie, the Cajun Night Before Christmas from Ryan and Audra, and of course, the Tom & Jerrys!

Weber Christmas 2012

Forty-seven Webers in one room!  G'ma Trudy and Papa LeRoy were so excited to have everyone here for Christmas this year.  Ryan and Audra flew in from Louisiana, Sam and Maggie were back from college in Texas, and Sarah was here from Seattle.  We were only missing one--Adam had to work, boo, hisssss.  Maybe I'll try to photoshop him in...

Jerry and Sheyanna set up risers in their garage and sewed together a backdrop to make these photos happen.  :)  This was all G'ma and Papa wanted for Christmas!

The great-grandchildren:  Abby, Gracie, Keira, Kenley, Millie, Joshy, Megan, Brooke, Rori and Henry

The grandchildren (my cousins):  Luke, Chad, Ben, Matt, Luke, Maggie, Erik, Levi, Sarah, Nathan, Ryan, Nick, Katie, Kim, Tanya, and Ellie

Grandchildren with Spouses

Children (my mom and her brothers):  Tom, Bernie, Jerry, Marty, Pat (all in birth order except my mom who looked funny in between all her tall brothers)

Children with Spouses (my aunts and uncles):  Marie & Bernie, Marty & Judy, Mimi & Pat, Diane & Tom, Jerry & Sheyanna, Dad & Mom

 The Moser Family.  Heck, this is pretty good!

 And this is the best pic of them all--the work that went on BEHIND the camera to get some smiles.  :)

Mom snagged this Lochhead pic before we crossed the street to eat at G'ma & Papa's.

Phew!  A whole post just of group pictures!  I'm too pooped out to include the actual Weber Christmas EVENT pics.  Stay tuned...I'll hopefully get Christmas pics posted by February!  :)

Morrow Family Photo-Shoot

I couldn't help posting these in the blog.  A quick photo-shoot was held with the Morrows--some very fun pics were taken between putting coats on and taking coats off.  Bummed to see some blur in some,  but overall, CUTE PICS.

 Brooke (16), Megs (7), and Abby (8)

"Auntie Camp" w/ Auntie Sheyanna (and trusty elves Brookie and Levi)

My sweet aunt, Sheyanna, called us as we were making our way down to the farm for Christmas.  It was a Friday, and Weber Christmas was being held on Sunday.  Shey was thrilled that she caught us and wondered if she could have Gracie and Joshy join her for a morning of Auntie Camp the next day.

Sheyanna's mission, we later found out, was to have them make a Christmas gift for us.  The day before Camp, Gracie was quite concerned whether I was staying or leaving during Camp time.  I told her we'd go with the flow but I wouldn't leave her if she didn't want me to.  On the way to Sheyanna's the next day she said from the backseat:  "Mom, I want you to leave during Camp."  Wow.  When I laughed and asked her why she said, "I want to have Auntie all to myself."  :)

The bonus was that Brooke and Levi were there to help!  So they all crafted for a couple of hours while I ran across the street and did some housework for G'ma while we visited.  When I came to pick them up they were watching cartoons, eating Gingerbread cookies.

I tried to drag out of them what they worked on, but these kids can keep secrets!  The only hint I got was that night when Joshy asked me if I would look at his feet and tell him if he still had paint on them.  They did have a sickly green tinge to them...  :)

And the next day at Weber Christmas, Jeff and I opened THESE works of art!  Very nicely done, children!  I giggle just thinking about how Sheyanna, Brooke, and Levi got paint successfully on little feet and then OFF little feet without painting the kitchen floor!

Sheyanna mentioned this being an annual tradition and I'm thinking that's a fabulous idea!

Jeff's Birthday WEEK

That's right, people.  We have birthday WEEKS in our family.  We'd been celebrating Jeff for a whole week before his actual birthday arrived on the 17th...

...and the 17th fell on a MONDAY this year.  I think Monday birthdays should be outlawed.  :)  It was a bit of a rough one for Jeff, so he was THRILLED with the idea of celebrating that night at Olive Garden.

We decided to have a GIRLS side of the table and a BOYS side of the table.

I think Joshy could sense it was a rough day for Daddy, so he decided to sit ON Daddy instead of BESIDE him.  All meal long.  He wouldn't scoot over.  He kept snuggling up to Jeff, providing entertainment for our family and those lucky enough to be seated around us.

Gracie imitating her brother.  Sweet, sweet girl!

I think he works for the camera.  I finally put it away before they kicked us out.

We didn't have cake for Daddy, but the evening ended with a gift from Joshy--he went POOP in the POTTY for the 2nd time in his life, thus instigating the naked bum potty dance in the kitchen.

...and there was much rejoicing!  Happy Birthday, Jeffrey Scott Lochhead.  Glad you could join me at 33 for a couple of months!