My Favorite Time of YEAR!

I love Christmas! We were so VERY lucky to have some fun visitors for the holidays. My sister Marylyn and her husband, Andy and their two children Annika and Gavin came from Washington and stayed for two weeks. GG (my Grandma) and Autie Dale also came. They live in Maryland and they have been able to be here for the past couple Christmas'. My Aunt Sharlene and Uncle John also came from Upland and stayed a couple days. We had last minute visitors, which we were soooo excited for. My sister Ruth and her husband, Ben and their two children Ashley and Kate came all the way from Connecticut. They will be moving to Holland in February and so this was a trip to also say their goodbyes. You might say it was a full house with 17 people lodging here, but it was an absolute blast! I took way too many photos to post here so click on here to see more.

Oh yes! The "stair" picture! Our kids have had the opportunity to have their picture taken on the "stairs" for the past three years.
It was a family tradition for my family growing up and so it continues...
The Clingers
The Clingers, Bjorn and Harrell childrenMelanie giving Dan and I our gift from her. I just loved her face here...oh, and Dan's!

The kids getting ready to open the family gift from Santa (the Wii)!