Merry Christmas!

Okay, so we're almost a month late, but better late than never, right?
We had a wonderful Christmas with our families this year. We always spend Christmas Eve day with the Herbster side. The kids absolutely love being together. We adults don't mind each other's company as well! :)


Here you see a little bit of the mayhem that goes on with 11 grandkids. This pic was PRE-opening gifts, thus the chaos! They all knew what was coming next!

Merry Christmas from our clan...we really enjoyed having Maggie for Christmas this year.

Nana decided to get the 5 year old girls dress up for themselves and their Twinn Dolls. They love these outfits. They also came with these boa feathers that we found ALL over Nana and Papa's house for the rest of the day. Finally, later that night, I could take it no more and got out Nana's vacuum and cleaned up all the feathers. It was driving me nuts! Needless to say, we have confined Michala's boa feathers to her room only in the trailer!

Well, this year....while all the younger kids were opening all their gifts, the older five, Sarah, Nathan, Micah, Malachi, and Megan, just sat around watching, a little puzzled. You could watch their faces, trying to be polite and grateful, but wondering, "WHAT in the world is going on!?!?!?! Where is MY gift?!"

Well, at the end, Papa handed the five oldest big gift bags. Inside, the kids found backpacks with their names on them and then a paper full of clues. They each took a turn reading their clue, and when it was all done, it was revealed to them that their present this year was a trip to Florida with Nana and Papa! They were elated! I'm not sure who was more excited...the kids, or Nana and Papa!! In fact, they are in Florida right now and will return tomorrow. I'm sad for them that it's almost over, but happy for me because I can't wait to see my boys. I'm sure I'll post pics soon!