Beware, lots of photos in this post, mainly of our family and cute nieces and nephews. :)
Dec. 22 started out our Christmas week! First Jeffrey and Lesa came, then Tim and Brenda arrived.
Tim, Jeffrey, and Daddy worked hard on replacing the bath/shower in the my parent's bathroom.
Getting ready to tile it.
Trying to keep the large tiles from sliding down.
They were a great team and got the bathroom looking beautiful and functioning again.
Supper time when Tim and Brenda were visiting other relatives.
Christmas Sunday the whole Stetler family was there, so all the couples sang a few beautiful special songs.
Tim and Brenda's family out in the snow on Christmas Eve.
Christmas day we didn't have Randy and Joy's family here yet, so we were waiting to do "Christmas". We had our friend Retha over, showed her Mother's newest quilt, had dinner, and played games.
This is the Christmas wall-hanging Mother just completed as well.
Fun playing Pictionary
Lesa, me, and Retha.
Mother making pies!
Precious Felix.
Grandma and Grandpa rolling a ball with Felix and making him laugh.
That evening, Lesa made us supper. It was one of Jeffrey's and her favorite Turkish dishes.
It was a yummy Turkish meal!
Playing Ticket to Ride!
The next day Randy and Joy's family arrived and Jason and Karen came over, so then we had all 19 Albertsons together.
The kids playing downstairs.
Cute cousins, Felix and Mishael!
My brother Tim's arms full of little boys!
The boys were fascinated with Grandpa's pen!
Reading, looking at pictures, etc.
Aunt Lesa telling the kids exciting, true stories!
A Risk game beginning
Cuddling with Jewelyn and singing to her when she wasn't feeling good.
Mother, Brenda, and Joy working in the kitchen.
We had to eat in 2 rooms because of so many people.
Dec. 28th, we gave presents to each other. ~Daddy and Mother~
Our whole family together
Jason and Karen are popular with the niece and nephews!
Giving gifts
Joy's sister Joanna, my dear friend, sent along a gift to me from her. It was so special to open it.
Grandpa and his helper girl, Jewelyn. She loves helping with the dishes/
The granddaughters/nieces/girl cousins coloring together.
All the sister-in-loves!
All the Albertson ladies
Grandpa talking to the boys who were having play-pen time.
Snuggles with Mishael.
Hugs from Jewelyn
Mishael acting like he was singing.
Playing Wise-Or-Otherwise one evening.
The Albertson grandchildren - in age order it is James, Micah, Charissa, Jonathan, Jewelyn, Felix, and Mishael. And there will be another one by next Christmas! :)
Randy and Joy's family had to stay a few days extra after everyone else left because their van broke down and no mechanics could fix it till after New Years. Coloring with the boys.
Randy, James, Micah, and I went to our church's watchnight service on New Years Eve, which started with a pitch-in-supper at 9 p.m.
Our pastor and his wife, Darrel and Regina Stetler, some of the sweetest people you'd ever meet!
They had a gift exchange for Christmas after that, then went to the church for the service for singing and praying in the new year, 2018!
Grandma reading to Jonathan and Jewelyn at home on New Years Eve.
Hopping from 2017 to 2018 in just 60 seconds!
Thankful for everything God brought us to and through, everything God helped us learn, and all the blessing of 2017! Looking forward to everything He's going to bring in 2018, cause I know that He is already there and already knows all of our unknowns! He holds it all in His hands and is trustworthy!
