Christmas 2016

Well, now that we are into March and rounding the corner to Spring, I think it's the perfect time to document our CHRISTMAS celebration! Life has been a wee bit busy (more posts to come...hopefully!), so I am just now backtracking to what I've missed.

We stayed in Colorado for Christmas this year and ALL three of my siblings and their families came to celebrate! We haven't all been together for Christmas for several years, so this was really, really special. In addition to that, my Uncle David and Tory were also with us for Christmas Eve, and my Aunt Jane, Michael, cousin Courtney, and her boyfriend, Max ALSO came from Michigan to spend the holiday with us. My mom hosted Christmas Eve and we hosted Christmas Day, and both of our houses were packed with 20+ people. It was great.

All eight of the Schaefer cousins (we're already up to nine as I'm writing this with the addition of cousin Lydia!).

Sydney (and Myles and Ryker) LOVED having Emma here!

Christmas Eve festivities.

Elf cousins!

Santa came!

We had the honor of serving Christmas dinner on the table that Gilby had just finished custom building, using my Great Grandma Schaefer's china, and my Great Grandma Hillestead's silver. The older I get, the more sentimental I feel about moments like this, and this was a really special one for me.

Rounding out our Christmas Day with a rousing game of Pie Face!