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Monday, January 12, 2009

Holiday fun- post 2 of 3

I have very few relatives on my dad's side of the family. He was one of 5 boys, and he and 2 of his siblings are gone now. I have 7 first cousins, two of whom I haven't seen since they were babies (they are near my age) The other 5 are the ages of my kids, since my other two uncles got married around the time that I did. Our grandmother died quite a while ago also, so my extended family on that side is pretty small now. I love that my step mom puts forth such a effort to keep us connected!

My Aunt Linda, Cousin Karen, her little girlTaylor and my cousin Todd

Three yellow dump trucks waiting patiently... Gma Jane has 3 great grandsons!
Here we go, gift time!

Everyone waits (well, most everyone!) while Gma hands the gifts out, and Gpa Art watches the whole process with his gifts in hand.


Practical, & perfect! She knows it's something we'll use!

Now, everyone has to wait to open their gifts while Gma opens hers from us. Whew! what a trial of patience on those little kids!









I cannot even begin to express how totally organized & incredible Gma Jane is at this! Over the years there have been very few exchanges of sizes. How she keeps track of all of that, & the buying process she has is WAY BEYOND me!!

One more post to come.
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5 comments:

  1. Unknown1/12/2009 02:36:00 PM

    wow - i'm impressed too!

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  2. parose1/12/2009 08:42:00 PM

    Me too! How wonderful to have a "Gma Jane" in your family. Every family needs one of her and cooperation on the part of the rest of the family. ; )

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  3. Anonymous1/12/2009 09:20:00 PM

    I can see why you look forward to this event every year, and why you save it till last! How nice to have it organized by someone besides you, too. Grandma Jane sounds like someone whose love is as boundless as her organizational skills. You are lucky to have her.

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  4. Anonymous1/13/2009 05:05:00 PM

    hey there Max, Sandi wrote and mentioned seeing the pix you took at Jane's the other night....so I had to come check them out. I took lots too, and am anxious to scrapbook them with the kids while it is all still fresh!
    I had to note the birthday list you have going for January...you better add Jayden and Victoria. January is a full one isn't it!
    I MISSED being at Cyndie's birhday lunch today!!
    gk

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  5. Laura Jelinek1/14/2009 08:54:00 AM

    Awww now those 2 posts really made me miss you all!

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