Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Christmas

The 18 grandchildren of my parents. Oldest is 16 years old the youngest is 7 weeks old. Tracey and Steve have Mackenzie & Amber front row right side in pink. Theresa and Pat have Jordan and Huck. Huck is in the gray back left. Jordan is 5th from right in back row. Willie and Kelly have Larissa,Ethan,Micaela and Levi. Larissa front row holding baby. Ethan is in the back row holding a baby. Micaela is 2nd from right in back row, Levi is 3rd fromleft in back row. Ralph and Wendy have Drew and Molly, Drew is 2nd on left in back row. Molly is in the back row far right. Kristine and Nathan have Lauren, Kaleb, Natasha and Eli. Lauren is in the middle back in red, Kaleb is 2nd from left in back row, Natasha is front row 3rd from left in red, Eli is in the back being held by Ethan. Daniel and Dawn have Autumn, Drake, Alana and Aubree. Autumn is in the front row 4th from left, Drake is in gold in the front, Alana is in the back row 3rd from right, Aubree is the baby in the front row.



Mackenzie and Amber opening gifts at our home Friday 12/21.
The girls working together to open a gift from Grandma DeLong. Christmas Day



















Mackenzie and peach pose for the camera. They consider Peach their dog but she belongs to Aunt Ruth.






This a picture of the 32 of us at my parents on Saturday 12/22.
























Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Greeting from the DeLong family.
We are having a wonderful Christmas. We started our Christmas celebration this past weekend with my parents. All six of us kids were there with spouses and 18 grand kids. We had both great grandma's there on Saturday as well. What a wonderful time to be together with family.
We then gathered again on Sunday for more food and visiting. We always seems to eat well and it sure does show. I think we are going to kick off a "Biggest Loser Family Addition". So far it has only been talk, time will tell it we jump on board.
There seemed to be a theme this Christmas season with my family. It's the flu. So far 5 of the 6 sibling families have had at least one member if not more who have had the flue since Sunday. The bright side is it last only a short time. Both our girls have had it and Steve and I are trying to keep it at bay.
We headed north on Christmas Eve night to be with Grandma DeLong. We are here for a few days. It is a little quieter here. We went form 34 at my parents to 7 here. We love our time with our families.
I will try to post come pictures.
Merry Christmas to you all. I did not get Christmas greetings out this year. I think I will be sending a New Years Greeting.