Extended Family Christmas Parties

Jumping back a few weeks here!

The Les Gerber family has outgrown Grandpa & Grandma's house so last year we decided to celebrate at our church's Fellowship Hall.  We liked it so much we did the same thing this year.  There's a nice big kitchen, a cozy fireplace with couches & enough room for us all to be together the whole day!  There was also plenty of room for 5 different children to take afternoon naps!  I think we all like this new tradition!

Avi's first Christmas!

Lunch

Leo's first present of the year.

This picture melts.my.heart.  I think I fall in love with both my boys more every day!

These two...I love that they love each other (most of the time!)

Grandma Rosie always has something special planned for Christmas. This year she handed the rest of the stockings out to the grand kids and had them share a memory from 2014 (those of us that are married already have ours). She also handed Bryon & Stacy's out to Derryl & Dad. They got to share a past memory too!  

The Harry Steffen Family is also outgrowing houses, so we celebrated Christmas at St. Luke's Fellowship Hall.  There's lots of space for the whole family & that works out great!

These gals sang the Census Taker to the family like Grandma Betty used to.

Since Leo is too young to know any better, we had him open this up two nights in a row!  Thanks for that idea Jenna!!

Playing with the toy while it's still in the box...love it!!

Family Picture

The Alvin Fiechter Family is still small enough to fit into a house, so Ryan's parents hosted Christmas.  As much as we enjoyed our other gatherings, there's something special about Christmas at home!  Having Zach & Leah's family home from Colorado made the evening extra special!

Molly's poor dress just wouldn't stay up, so Janelle had to tell her to put her real clothes back on!  Oh the innocence of childhood!

The last gift of the year.  At this point he was a pro at unwrapping gifts!

Janelle wanted to put a plug in for Menards, but please keep it on the DL. We'd hate for word to get back to her father-in-law at Habegger's Ace!

Sleeveless shirt & no socks.  How is it possible that this is Janelle's child?!

What a ham!!

I think I was "Christmased" out at this point.  Can you tell?

We missed the Carl Fiechter Family Christmas, but from what I heard they had a great turnout!  Almost 100 people at Grandpa's house!  I'm sure everyone loved having JaNon & her family home for Christmas!