Christmas

Tis the Season of Our Lord & Savior...Jesus Christ! We have been trying to keep the hustle & bustle of the typical holiday season to a minimum and keep our focus on the real meaning of Christmas.

At mom's, we had the best Christmas! My sister and her family came back from the Netherlands (where they currently live). What a wonderful gift. We also got to have my brother, Kyle's, girlfriend as our guest. She truly fits in quite well. My nephew Justin is now talking quite a bit and says, "mess yam" for "yes ma'am." How adorable!

Then Christmas with Vera & RD...

On Christmas Eve morning we celebrated with The Schmidt side of our family. As usual Grannie Bea SPOILED the kids; and spoiled us as well. She loves watching the kids open as many gifts as possible no matter how big or small. I don't know who gets more joy from it, the kids or Grannie Bea!

Since the majority of our family Christmas gift was the gift of being together, the kids and I went to Copper Mountain, Colorado. We wish Ronnie could have gone with us, but work kept him home. It's late and I keep dozing...so the next post will be Christmas with the Ellisor's at Uncle Fred and Aunt Sharon's as well as pics and video from our ski trip. Night all!!