Our fabulous Christmas Week just kept trucking along.
The day after Christmas, I went to Mom and Dad's house to get the kids ready. Mary and I ran to Target with the kids then we headed to meet Mom, Anne, and Jeremy along with Dad in Hanna City for lunch. We had a delicious lunch and it was great getting to have lunch with Dad. His busy schedule doesn't allow him to take the time to do that with us very often. Then we headed back home. Anne and Jeremy rode with us. We took them through the tornado damage in Washington on our way back home.
That night, Anne, Jeremy, Mary, and Chad came over for dinner. We ordered pizza and hung out for a bit. Poor Alex had to work past closing so he had to eat when he got home. It was a fabulous night and it was nice to have everyone over again.
On Friday, Mary and I headed down South to start the extended family Christmas's. We drove to Grandma Ann's house that morning. She rode with the kids and I. We hung out at Grandma Ann's for awhile then we headed over to the Villa to celebrate the Schumann Christmas.
The weather was so beautiful and perfect for December.
Considering how long and cold the winter was for us, I am shocked it was so beautiful in the days surrounding Christmas.
Our little old man....mess hair, nerdy zip up sweater, sweatpants, and his pants tucked into one boot. He looks like he just rode the senior citizen bus over from the retirement community.
Our outside queen :)
Always climbing on stuff he isn't supposed to climb on....
Uncle Rusty, Aunt Sonya, and their three boys were visiting from North Carolina. They also brought their dog Ruby. Charlotte LOVED Ruby. LOVED her.
My beautiful offspring.
How did Alex and I make such beautiful kids????
After we got there and got acclimated to everyone that was there, the kids just went about their business as usual. We had Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Bev, T, Mary, John, me, the kids, Uncle Rusty, Aunt Sonya, Reed, Ross, Rowe, a few of Aunt Sonya's family members, a few of Uncle Rusty's friends, and some of Mom's cousins all came to visit. Reed, Ross, and Rowe even had a few people come visit. It was a full and busy house. Later on, Chet, Vanessa, and Mandy came too!
We had a delicious supper. The kids ate all night long.
Great Grandma Millie was looking fabulous :) Cancer isn't getting her down. She looked so good and was a maniac!
We hung out downstairs quite a bit. We watched "What About Bob" and the kids ran around. Charlotte finally paid a bit of attention to Rowe (but not like her obsession last year.) Ross just kept trying to play with the kids. Finally Sawyer hung with him a bit.
The two music loving boys. I couldn't decide who was accompanying who.
Great Grandma and Great Grandpa got this boy some tractors. They know the key to his heart.
He found Papa's empty beer can. Also a key to his heart.
Charlotte was helping Great Grandma get all of the presents passed out.
And Great Grandma and Great Grandpa know the way to this girls' heart. A stroller and baby doll!!! Her year has been made. This child was born to be a mommy someday.
Grandma was helping get all of the baby stuff set up.
Grandma and Grandpa and their grandchildren...minus Anne and Bub....and their great grandchildren minus Xander.
Aunt Bev and her clan....minus Andrew. So glad that even Sugar was able to make it :)
I had a picture of Uncle Rusty and his family....including Ruby.... but I can't find it!! (He's going to accuse me of deleting it on purpose because he was in it :) I know his type.)
Once the kids got too tired, Mary and I headed back across the river. We went to Grandma Ann's house to sleep since it was a full house at Mom and Dad's villa. It was great to see everyone. Cousin Jerry even made an appearance. We have missed him so much.
It's crazy how old the Schumann boys have gotten. It's fun to sit around and make fun of stuff and each other with them. We love our time with Chet and Vanessa as always and we hadn't seen Mandy since Mary's graduation.
We love the holidays and seeing so many people we love!!!!
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