Our immediate family Christmas get together was today. Ironically, if my parent's were alive they would be celebrating their 62 wedding anniversary today. Dad would have bought her the traditional chocolate covered cherries and we would have heard the story again of how they met and married. Live goes by fast and tkes a lot of twist and turns along the way.
I wanted a Family portrait of our ever extending family before time gets away from us. Brooke Vandiver agreed to help me with this dream and she made it a reality. I can not wait to get the pictures back so I can print and post them. She will never know how much I appreciate her for this.
We gathered at Allen and Jennifers home, took pictures out side. Jennifer found a family pose that was adorable so Brooke took the idea and ran with it. The grandbabies were adorable.
We then went in to a wonder pot of Taco soup that Jennifer prepared. Tim bought a Ham and rolls. We thanked Our Lord and Savior for Life, Love and food then ate together. It was delightful. The children played for a little while together and the boys played music. we girls talked for a while and got caught up on each other's lives.
After a while we sit around and Allen gave out the gifts. We opened and thanked each other then returned to playing, talking, and playing instruments and singing. It was a wonderful time of loving each other.
