CHRISTMAS!

Christmas was FABULOUS! Matthew had sooo much fun and got everything he wanted from Santa (which wasn't much)... he wanted a "REAL HOCKEY STICK"! Santa came through and even added in a pair of REAL HOCKEY GLOVES! He was so sweet... I wish I could have captured it on video but my mom dropped the camera last night and broke it :( I was able to use her camera to get photos this morning, but no video.... such a bummer. Oh well accidents happen! Christmas eve was spent with my family... had a birthday party for Jesus... the kids decorated cupcakes, we sang happy b-day and my mom read the Christmas story. The little ones think it is fun because they get the bring the characters forward when it is time. The older ones complain but deep down they love it too. All 20 of us went to mass which is ALWAYS a production... Matthew and Ava were fighting over her new doll... we were all crammed into one pew and practically sitting on top of each other! These are the things that we will look back on and laugh about. Griffin had the honor of playing Joseph in the Christmas story and Grace played a shepherd... she wasn't too thrilled with that honor! But they both looked adorable! Christmas Day was spent with most of the Schwieger clan.... it was a great day, super relaxing! We ate all day long and watched Mama Mia and just hung out. The kids played pretty well together, except when Matthew gave his sweet cousin Lauren a large welt on the side of her face. Fighting over toys of course! Ben has off for the rest of the week and most of next week too! We are very excited to plan some fun outings! His sister and her family are coming up from Iowa on New Year's Eve... so we will have lots going on next week too!

Hope that you all had a great Christmas and made some good memories! Much love to you all!

Here is Matthew with his REAL hockey stick!

And the gloves...

And his very cool Gopher hockey hat!