Wowsers... the holiday madness is over! Jeremy and I had a very busy, but wonderful Christmas week. We had four Christmas get-togethers with family this year. They were all so fun, and each made us feel so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.
Our first Christmas was at my parent's house. We celebrated on December 21st. It was the only day my older brother Mitchell, his girlfriend, Nikki, and Nikki's daughter, Hailey, could make it home. It was so nice to see them. We ate a delicious meal (thanks Mom) and opened presents. The kids did a secret Santa this year. It was kind of funny how it worked out. Nikki had my name, and I had Nikki's name; Mitch had Lisa's name, and Lisa had Mitch's; and Jeremy had Mason's name, and Mason had Jeremy's. Craziness! Here are some pics from our first Christmas:
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| Hailey and Payton playing with a dolly. |
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| Dad having a tea party with Lil' P. |
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| We had five dogs at Christmas this year! This is Shotzie, Mitch's dog. |
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| Poopsie LOVES presents! |
After a night of fun at the Burger house, we hit the road the next morning to go to Jake and April's house to celebrate with the Sherman fam. As always, it was GREAT seeing everyone. Layla is as funny as ever and Maya is really growing! April made some killer appetizers, and prepared a yummy ham. Check out some of the memories from our Sherman Christmas:
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| The sweetest pic ever!! |
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| Uncle Jeremy loves his girls! |
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| Jake, Ice, and baby Maya |
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| Layla opening her gift from us. |
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| Maya wanted to help. :) |
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| Gamma D. reading Pete the Cat. |
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| Maya's dolly crib made by Grandpa. She loves it! |
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| Layla's new doll house! Jake and Jer put this bad boy together. |
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The best in-laws ever!! Love you guys!
On to Christmas #3! Later that night was Christmas at my Grandma Lucy and Grandpa Bud's house in Wausau. My Aunt Sunni and Uncle Paul were there from Mt. Horeb. It's always so awesome to see them. Being twelve years younger than my dad, my aunt Sunni was always a "cool aunt" to me growing up. :) As always, Grandma and Grandpa made the get-together at their house special. Grandma made all of us hand-made blankets and pillows made from denim swatches. She's a talented lady!
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| Grandma Lucy and Dad |
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| Payton, Mom, and Grandpa |
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| Paul's gift from us... Reinbeer! |
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| Grandpa loved the sign we got him. :) |
Our last Christmas get-together was on Christmas day at Schnappsville with my mom's side of the family. We did a white elephant gift exchange this year, which was hysterical! The gifts that kept getting stolen were a Crockpot and weird little man statue my mom found. Here are some pics of our Christmas day:
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| Poopsie trying to get at the treats in her stocking |
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| My ornament from Jeremy this year-- Teacher Barbie. :) |
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| The Matysik granddaughters, minus Olivia |
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| Bobby & Kale |
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| Mom and Dad |
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| The kiddos |
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| Julie |
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| The girls opening up the gifts Julie, Kaylee and I made for them |
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Kane Clay Matthews |
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| Time for the White Elephant to start! |
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| This was the popular little man statue! |
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| That's a niiice sweater, Jer! Too bad it was stolen from you. |
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| Tyler stole the samurai sword from Mason... so he got pudgie pie maker! |
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Delaynie and Ava signing in their elf microphones.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! |
