All Six Home for Christmas!

Ok, so here is the WHOLE family!
Rob, Matt, Tyler, Cami, Alyssa and Mark
What a blessing and what a feat to have all of us together!  Rob is in Atlanta going to school, Matt is in Washington, DC, working for Senator Mike Lee, Tyler is going to school at BYU, Cami and Brett are moving to San Antonio, Texas next month, Alyssa is in Iowa going to school, and Mark lives in Stansbury Park, Utah.  

My sweet Mom and Dad got to be with us on Christmas Eve as well.  Aren't they cute!

We love hearing the stories, memories and wisdom they have to share.

Schaefer and Rob. . .the engaged couple!  May 19th in the Salt Lake Temple!

Here is the stocking I knitted for Schaefer.  Every new member of the family gets one.  So I also made one for Brooklyn this year.

And here is the fabric Schaefer and Rob picked for their wedding quilt.  Can't wait to cut it up so that I can sew it back together!!!

On Christmas Eve, we read the scriptural account of the Saviors' birth from the New Testament while the grandchildren acted it out.  Highly entertaining!

Here is our angel, Caroline, complete with a cell phone. 

(That is the only way we could get her to stand up on the ladder and stay there.  Matt is holding her from behind)

Look at the glee and excitement from the wisemen, Wyatt, Jaxson and the shepherd,  Connor.

Here is Mary and Joseph, (aka Makenna and McKay) and of course the baby Jesus. . .

Brooklyn was a shoe-in for the part--minus the pink bow, of course!

After Christmas, Matt and Raquel went to visit her family in Vernal, Utah.  Caroline had an accident and got her hands burned on the gas fireplace.  It was very traumatic for everyone.

When they got back here, Brett helped them to change the bandages.  Caroline really cried and we all felt so sad.  She ended up having 2nd degree burns.  We are hoping for minimal scarring and a quick healing.

But, as we know, children are so resilient!  Look at that face with Grandpa Kremin just a few minutes later!

She even wanted to play with Connor's hat by the end of the night. 

All in all we had a great holiday with EVERYONE together.  Another fabulous thing that happened in December was that Dan got a job, after eight months of no work.  We are very excited and feel blessed.  I made four quilts for a dear friend's children and I didn't even remember to take pictures.  Sorry!  I will do better with the picture taking as time goes on.  Happy New Year!