Or should I say: Merry CHRISTmas!!!
This blog is a big one... so get that ol' cup of coffee....
This blog is Christmas Eve and Christmas day....
Christmas Eve we were spending with the Trig family. Michelle had given me this homemade meatball recipe to try. It was my first time making meatballs from scratch. And I made them with ground turkey.... so yummy!
And you lucky people get to see how I made them.... here's my ingredients...
Here's 5 pounds of ground turkey, onion flakes, and grated carrots- Michelle says to sneak in the veggies where-ever you can, I like that idea...
Here's the meatballs ready to start cooking... 
And look at these mouth watering babies.... I just wanted you to know I rolled and cooked 159 meatballs... yes, I counted them, and all but about 15 were eaten... left overs for Jeromy...
Here we are set up for our family and the Trig family.... there were 15 of us in all... hence the 159 meatballs needed.... :o)
DIG IN!!!! We had the meatballs with rice and pineapple- soooo yummy!!!
After dinner we all sat around and read the story of Jesus' birth in the bible. We all went around the room taking turns reading a couple of paragraphs...
Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."
Luke 2:10-12
Then we opened presents...
Jeromy thought it would be fun to get the 2 little boys styrofoam swords.... watch the video....
Bible bag for Beriah....
Organizers for Tessa, Nadia and Tae'.....
Iana really liked my red Christmas scarf, I had enough of the red yarn so I made her a matching one- so cute....
Then the Smith family came over.... here's Stormy and Laura- brother and sister... woops- I mean son and mother!!!
Hannah in her FANCY shirt....
The Smith family came over cause we had one final AWESOME present for Michelle, pictures taken of all 10 of her kids.... 4 boys and 6 girls....
Grandma Claire also stopped by with cards and Christmas $$$ for Jade and Kent...
Then we all watched a Christmas movie. What a great Christmas Eve...
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Now to Christmas day.... stocking stuffers.... did I mention Jade- my 17 year old- was knocking on our door at 5am this morning for us to wake up? Did I also mention that we all didn't get to bed untill 1am??? I told her to go back to bed!!!
Jade's presents...
Kent's presents...
Jeromy got me a gift card for a massage... WOO-HOO!!!
What could it be Jade???
A bean bag- just what she wanted...
The kids each got a nano-ipod with video camera from their dad. What was really impressive that these little things get the radio, so Jade was listening to 105.3 (a Christian radio station) and it also said the artist and the song that was playing- that is so cool! 
Now it was time to start getting ready for Christmas dinner! My parents, sister's family, and Jeromy's parents were coming over for dinner. Grandma Cindy brought over another plate of wonderful cookies, which was awesome cause the other 3 plates she brought over the other day were down to slim pickings... thanks mom!!!
Jeromy cutting the spiral glazed ham...
Here's the family. Starting clockwise with Misty, Kelsey, Dennis, Katie, Jeromy, Jeromy's brother Adam, Jeromy's mom Teresa, Cindy and Lee... this was the adult table with Kelsey, too...
And here's the super cool kids table: Jade, Mason, Kent and Denny....
Grandma and Kent at the dessert side of the counter. Kent's wearing one of his new Christmas sweaters, he's getting so big, and he's so handsome!!! Love those sparkly braces!!!
Ok, get ready for some serious Kelsey cuteness.... just take a few moments to take in all her cuteness... you can't look away can you, just try... you can't can you!!
Your August grandbabies grandma!!!
Cousins: Mason, Kelsey, Denny, Kent and Jade... were just missing Aurora, Savannah, Violet, David and Haylee....
Sisters: Misty and Katie....
This picture is a little blurry, but here's the Q family: Misty, Denny- who's almost 12, Dennis, Kelsey and Mason- what a great looking family- love you guys!!!
Jeromy parents Chuck and Joanne also stopped by. I didn't get a picture of them, but I did get a picture of this cute ornament they got for us! You know I love anything with my name on it, and this has our whole family on it, how cute is that??
Then Jeromy and I went and saw Sherlock Holmes at the movies. It was pretty good. Now we're all home.... full... tired... happy... and THANKFUL for Jesus' birth. He who made a way for us to be saved!!!
But the partying isn't over yet... oh no... tomorrow we pick up Aurora and head over to Lacey, WA, for another Christmas party with Jeromy's side of the family. We'll see Jeromy's other brother Bill who has the 4 kids, love seeing all the kids.
I hope everyone out there had a very Merry Christmas. And remember: Jesus is the reason for the season!
The kids each got a nano-ipod with video camera from their dad. What was really impressive that these little things get the radio, so Jade was listening to 105.3 (a Christian radio station) and it also said the artist and the song that was playing- that is so cool! 
Now it was time to start getting ready for Christmas dinner! My parents, sister's family, and Jeromy's parents were coming over for dinner. Grandma Cindy brought over another plate of wonderful cookies, which was awesome cause the other 3 plates she brought over the other day were down to slim pickings... thanks mom!!!
Jeromy cutting the spiral glazed ham...
Here's the family. Starting clockwise with Misty, Kelsey, Dennis, Katie, Jeromy, Jeromy's brother Adam, Jeromy's mom Teresa, Cindy and Lee... this was the adult table with Kelsey, too...
And here's the super cool kids table: Jade, Mason, Kent and Denny....
Grandma and Kent at the dessert side of the counter. Kent's wearing one of his new Christmas sweaters, he's getting so big, and he's so handsome!!! Love those sparkly braces!!!
Ok, get ready for some serious Kelsey cuteness.... just take a few moments to take in all her cuteness... you can't look away can you, just try... you can't can you!!
Your August grandbabies grandma!!!
Cousins: Mason, Kelsey, Denny, Kent and Jade... were just missing Aurora, Savannah, Violet, David and Haylee....
Sisters: Misty and Katie....
This picture is a little blurry, but here's the Q family: Misty, Denny- who's almost 12, Dennis, Kelsey and Mason- what a great looking family- love you guys!!!
Jeromy parents Chuck and Joanne also stopped by. I didn't get a picture of them, but I did get a picture of this cute ornament they got for us! You know I love anything with my name on it, and this has our whole family on it, how cute is that??
Then Jeromy and I went and saw Sherlock Holmes at the movies. It was pretty good. Now we're all home.... full... tired... happy... and THANKFUL for Jesus' birth. He who made a way for us to be saved!!!
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