Christmas with B...

This may or may not be the

last of my

Christmas related posts...

I don't have any pictures of Christmas

with my family...

{I rely on stealing my sister's pix instead!}

I do still have some fun ones

of our weekend away celebrating

with Jon's out of town family...

perhaps someday I will get around to posting them!

~

A few days before Christmas

we celebrated

Christmas with Grandma B.

She has the bad habit of going a bit over bored

in the gift department...

The gift corner was slightly full...

Grandma B knows we have some major

mashed potato lovers

in our family,

so she makes lots!

Grandma B has a smallish house,

so everyone gets to eat wherever for dinner...

Already Elsie has fond memories of

being able to eat on the couch

with a tv tray!

{that's the only time she ever gets to use a tv tray!}

Sometimes the biggest memories

are from the simplest things!

Since no one else is really into

taking pictures,

I have made it my mission to get a group

shot every Christmas before

gift opening.

The family grew by 2 this year...

well, 3 including the new kitty!

Grandma B and Patrick

with all the grandkids...

6 grandkids...

4 of which have birthdays in a 3 week span!

{just to keep Grandam B on her toes!}

The plan was to have the kids sit together

and open one gift at a time...

but one thing led to the next...

and I'm still not even sure

who gave James what!

Elsie and Angelina are the only girls...

and since Grandma B only had boys too,

I think she has fun buying girl stuff...

Like the big kit of Barbie makeup!!

That barbie makeup was just too much for Elsie...

she had to put a little on...

Oh, okay a LOT on!

Everyone tried not to outright

laugh at all the lipstick on her lips!

Later James sat still so he could also

have a barbie make-over!

The other boys showed no interest,

I guess that's what happens when you have an older sister!

Angelina and her little cousin Grant...

Angelina is about 2 weeks older.

The grandkids keep getting closer and closer...

Elsie is 5 months older than Keegan

James is 4 months older than Wesley

and Angelina and Grant are 2 week apart...

maybe the next two will share a birthday!

{haha}

The evening wrapped up with

a little head flash light fun!

The kids were all running around giggling!

We got home way after bedtime.

The kids were exhausted.

We all had a fun time!

And I spent the next couple days

trying to find places for all the new toys...