Christmas-Part 2

This was our year to go back to Ohio for Christmas.  We started off with Christmas dinner at Kaylin's house.  My sisters are SUPER cooks (which I did not inherit, by the way) and made a yummy meal!

Enjoying some pre-dinner wine:)

My sisters and I, standing in birth order like we always do...haha:)  Kaylin, Kelly, Kristi, and me

 The oldest granddaughter and grandson on the Hauser side, Olivia (14), and Alex (13).  I really cannot believe either one is that old already!!!  I saw you both being born!

 Present time!!!  Mama somehow buys presents for all 13 grandkids!

 The son-in-laws, Steve, Donnie, Jason, and Keith.  Such a handsome crew:)

 

 

 

 Somehow the boys always end up without shirts...

 

 

 Poor Ben had a migraine and slept through it all!

 Evan buried in the trash

 The kids had a gift exchange so I took a pic of them together.  They have a lot of fun picking out gifts for their person!

 

 

 

 Kristi out did herself and made each of us a light up Christmas decoration:)

 Mama and Kassidy

Pizza night:)  And celebrating Aunt Kaylin's birthday!  11 of the 13 grandkids...you know it's almost impossible to get all 13 together at one time!

Bowling anyone?

 Then we moved to Grandma and Grandpa's house where all the big kids were home to celebrate!

 Nice cowboy hat, right?!

 Grandma the Christmas elf:)

 Karson decked out in his new Pokemon gear

 A yummy lunch out!

 More fun at Grandma's

 The girls, Aunt Emily, me, Aunt Beth Ann, Grandma, and Kassidy in front

 

 Katie's (doll) new cheerleading outfit

 Beth Ann and Matt

 Uncle Bryan and Emily

 Uncle Jimmy

 Off to Kalahari indoor water park resort for some FUN!!!

 

 While at Grandma and Grandpa's we enjoyed some play time at Pump it Up with some friends

 

 

After my terrifying drive from Huron to Avon Lake in a blizzard (literally a blizzard, they closed the highway I was driving on shortly after I got off), Grandpa dropped us off at Dave and Busters for lunch and lots of games!  They won so many tickets that they were able to get a few prizes each:)

 Back at Mama's (that's my mom) Ryan and Kaleb organize Pokemon cards

Kassidy and Brayden stay warm on the couch.  Did I mention Ohio is COLD in winter?

 They and snow, more snow, and MORE SNOW! ! ! ! ! !

 We even made a stop at my best friends house.  Kim and I go way back...we were on drill team together and enjoyed lots of fun times on my parents boat and jet ski in the summers.  She has two beautiful girls, Molly, 3, and Maggie, a few months.

If you know Kaleb at all you know he just LOVES babies!!!

 Maggie was so sweet sharing all of her toys with 3 new kids:)

 Kim and I

 We even got some real good sledding in on this trip to Ohio.  I forgot how much fun sledding can be:)  We really zoomed down those hills so fast!

 Karson and I

One last meal with the Schaefer clan (that's Kaylin's family).  Olivia, Kassidy, and Maddie

Kaleb and Ben

Karson and Kyle

This second Christmas was just as special as the first for us:)  Because we live in SC and most of our family in Ohio, it's not very often that we're all together.  We pack a lot of FUN into a week or sometimes even a few days, but it sure is worth it!  I just love seeing all the cousins talk and play and enjoy each others company.  I hope when they're grown they'll be just as close as they are now.  It's also real nice to be able to catch up with my sisters, mom, and in-laws.  I love you all SO much and wish we could spend more time together:)  Thank you for making our trip to Ohio so much fun!!!