On Christmas day, we always go to the gym to celebrate with all of the aunts, uncles and cousins. Jack disappeared the minute we got to the gym, running away, and never stopped! His cheeks were pink! The girls were a little overwhelmed with all the people and stayed close to us. Elizabeth was very nervous and pretty much stayed in Grandmom's lap the whole time. I guess it only took Jack four years to enjoy the gym to the fullest so the girls have a few more years. Every year all the children high-school age and younger do a gift exchange. We start with the youngest and each child goes out to the middle of the floor to open their gift. There are so many kids, this year it took over an hour to go through the gift exchange. At the beginning of the exchange, Sarah gave my grandparents a book she wrote/edited. It was a collection of short stories written by grandchildren, great grandchildren and also their children. It also included many interviews of my grandparents. She worked very hard on this book for the past two years!
Presenting the book
Anna giving Marcy her gift
Anna accepting her gift from Mia
Kate accepting her gift from Chloe
Kate giving Cecelia her gift
Elizabeth screamed the whole time she was receiving her gift (we didn't make her go back out to give her gift)
Jack stopped for a few seconds to open his gift from Alex
Jack giving his gift to Mary
Jack playing in the pit with Uncle Neil and his cousins
Elizabeth didn't stray too far from Grandmom
Kate
Elizabeth
Somehow these little girls always end up near Granddad. And Anna is always in his lap.
Jack running down the tumble track
