Christmas this year involved 30 people, all under one roof. There were 2 Crapo parents, 8 Crapo siblings (I'm number 6), 7 spouses, 12 Grandkids (4 were babies under 1 year old) and 1 awesome uncle. Since my parent's house can not accommodate that many people, they rented a larger house near the beach for the week so we could all stay together.
We were some of the first people to arrive, so we got first pick on bedrooms. (hehe)
Things got a little crazy at times having so many people together, but it was sooo much fun. I think we made a pretty magical Christmas for the kids.
My sister Julie created a lot of that magic. She collected Christmas bedtime stories, one to be unwrapped and read each night to all the kids.
She made ginger bread houses and men for the kids.
Her husband Christian helped the kids decorate.
The kids loved being able to hang out together all day, playing games...
...and playing light sabers with uncle Mark.
There was a piano in the house and my little brother Joseph brought his guitar.
We sat around the fireplace many nights singing Christmas carols while I played and Joseph strummed.
Connor was often found walking around in the kitchen begging for food.
He was very moody and clingy the entire trip. Then I noticed the day after Christmas that he had a molar coming in! I was expecting several more teeth to show up before seeing a molar. And then in the next 7 days, molars 2, 3 and 4 popped up. Four molars in one week! No wonder he was grumpy. (But if you ask my mom, she'll still say he was a perfect, sweet angel the whole time.)
He sure was:
Christmas Eve was spent at my Uncle and Aunt's house. They always throw a big Christmas Eve shindig with lots of food, followed by singing and chimes.
That's me in the yellow shirt in the back of the picture, playing the piano.
The singing goes pretty late into the night, so our boys were worn out and ready for bed.
On Christmas morning, we woke up to find stockings for all the grandkids.
All the kids explored their stockings, and then it was present time!
We got lots of great things, just what we wanted, and the kids got plenty of toys.
Connor was surrounded by toys and boxes, but all he wanted was some Rice Chex.
Here is our whole group on Christmas day.
It was so fun to see all of our family again. Being in Indiana, we don't get to see very much of them, so we had a blast being together again.
And we had a wonderful Christmas.
Next up is our trip to Denver!
1 comment:
That was a fun Christmas. I'm glad everyone could come out. It was good to see you guys.
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