Christmas With The Bohlmanns

Well, most of them. Just missing Heather! Mom, Dad and A.J. came here and had to leave before Christmas Eve because Mom is the church's only piano player/organist and didn't want to leave them on Christmas, and Heather was glad to get to be home for Christmas too, so they will get their own celebration at home. We had them for about two days total, and are looking forward to a longer stay next time!

Thursday morning we started out unloading a ton of fire wood that they brought us! Yay for toasty fires without having to run to 7-11 first! Love having it stacked in the garage!

Lets see...as for the pictures, we have some morning time with Uncle A.J., "antlers" out of fire wood, Lorelei looking at an extra special Cabbage Patch Doll (my first one!) and all the clothes that Nana brought with her, along with two more dolls. She was thrilled to have shoes to put on them! And also working with Nana on a little sticker nativity and Makin wanting to sit in the big chairs like the rest of us.


Then we headed to a nearby park that I had been telling the kids we would go to because they had Christmas decorations up. It was a PERFECT park day and in the 60s. They did a lot of swinging and sliding and just had fun having Nana and Papa with them.



Then we went and picked up Brad for a quick lunch at Chick-Fil-A and Lorelei LOVED the Elf Cow! :)

















That evening we had our mini early Christmas celebration with our favorite snacks and yummy supper (with delicious cookies Mom brought to add to my small collection) and then opened presents. (And oh I wish we could have caught the look on Lorelei's face when she saw a ton of presents under the tree when she got up from nap. :) )

Lorelei loving her new Hello Kitty sleeping bag and Makin loving his excavator...and the air bags that came with the packing... ;) And of course, Nana reading her a new bedtime book!


As you all know, I have many traditions I like to keep, so I asked if A.J. would bring his keyboard to continue one from my Mom's family. I have not gotten to do it much, as we never had big family gatherings, but loved it when we went to my grandma's and got to enjoy it. Each family/person/pair would sing part of The Twelve Days Of Christmas. Well...we just all sang together this time, since we needed a few more people. We still had a great time being able to hear a few Christmas songs played by Mom/Nana, and of course the kids were in love with the keyboard. Thanks for bringing it A.J.! And for playing Mom!

Love you Uncle A.J.!

Love you Nana and Papa!

Thanks to you three so much for coming and we miss you already! Loved having you for a visit and can't wait till next time. :)

We are so thankful that we have gotten to see most of our family from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Just makes holiday time extra-special. :) We are so blessed with wonderful family!