Well, we survived another Holiday extended family weekend at the lake! It was so much fun, every year seems to get better as the kids get older and have even more fun playing together. There was a lot to pack into 48 hours of fun with the cousins. There was some skyping with Pops and JoJo. They are recently hired employees down in Orlando at Disney, so they couldn't join us. It was hilarious as all the kids crowded around the computer and played with the web cam.
Then there was some gingerbread construction projects with Brad the engineer (ask him about some structural integrity issues and candy cane reinforcements).
Mike helped out Noah and Mere-Mere with a gingerbread train. Not sure that Noah helped much, but he was great at testing out the building materials.
There was some movie watching on the couch. The kids all loved The Grinch (original animated version) and The Muppets take Manhattan.
Then the kids all got packed up (except Addie who had a cold and Sam who is too small) to go sledding. Noah somehow convinced Uncle Josh to go with him.
Future leaders of 2035, scary thought, eh?
There was exhausted Daddy napping at his computer...
Attempting to get a picture of the 3 boys in their Christmas Jammies...
We had another cooking competition. This time it was BACON! Any and all bacon was acceptable. There were 7 adult entries and 4 kid entries. I think we calculated about 10 pounds of bacon was used, ridiculous. There was a tie for first place between Maggie and her delicious BLT cups and me with my Bacon Mac n Cheese. It was a great time!
There was Wine n Wii for the adults later on Saturday night after the kiddies all went down. Look at Josh's confidence as he takes on Dad in swordplay while drinking red wine!
There was MAJOR cousin love, as usual. Maggie is officially the baby whisperer of the family. Sam was quite enamoured with her.
Then there was "Christmas Morning" on Sunday. The kids gathered by the tree for some attempted group shots. And we opened presents!
Grandma B's 7 great grandchildren, I'm sure she is proud! Or she's laughing her keester off at us having these monsters all running around together!
And there was tattooing...!? Yes, yes I brought this on myself. I purchased a child tattoo machine for Ella and Addie. So everyone got "inked." Noah picked out a spider.
And, since we don't have any at our house, Noah tried out his doll dressing skills. Overall it was a fantastic weekend that went much too fast. I'm so glad that we have this new holiday weekend tradition. Next year will be even more crazy with 3 boys running around and a certain cousin turning 21, muaahahaaaaa! Well now we're back home and gearing up for more holiday fun!
Then there was some gingerbread construction projects with Brad the engineer (ask him about some structural integrity issues and candy cane reinforcements).
Mike helped out Noah and Mere-Mere with a gingerbread train. Not sure that Noah helped much, but he was great at testing out the building materials.
There was some movie watching on the couch. The kids all loved The Grinch (original animated version) and The Muppets take Manhattan.
Then the kids all got packed up (except Addie who had a cold and Sam who is too small) to go sledding. Noah somehow convinced Uncle Josh to go with him.
Future leaders of 2035, scary thought, eh?
There was exhausted Daddy napping at his computer...
Attempting to get a picture of the 3 boys in their Christmas Jammies...
We had another cooking competition. This time it was BACON! Any and all bacon was acceptable. There were 7 adult entries and 4 kid entries. I think we calculated about 10 pounds of bacon was used, ridiculous. There was a tie for first place between Maggie and her delicious BLT cups and me with my Bacon Mac n Cheese. It was a great time! 
There was Wine n Wii for the adults later on Saturday night after the kiddies all went down. Look at Josh's confidence as he takes on Dad in swordplay while drinking red wine!
There was MAJOR cousin love, as usual. Maggie is officially the baby whisperer of the family. Sam was quite enamoured with her.
Then there was "Christmas Morning" on Sunday. The kids gathered by the tree for some attempted group shots. And we opened presents!
Grandma B's 7 great grandchildren, I'm sure she is proud! Or she's laughing her keester off at us having these monsters all running around together!
And there was tattooing...!? Yes, yes I brought this on myself. I purchased a child tattoo machine for Ella and Addie. So everyone got "inked." Noah picked out a spider.
And, since we don't have any at our house, Noah tried out his doll dressing skills. Overall it was a fantastic weekend that went much too fast. I'm so glad that we have this new holiday weekend tradition. Next year will be even more crazy with 3 boys running around and a certain cousin turning 21, muaahahaaaaa! Well now we're back home and gearing up for more holiday fun!
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