I had door mats personalized for the girls - they turned out so good!!
Found these dream catchers with the girls' initials in San Antonio!
And the boys loved their "animal cable bites" for their cords!
Midway through opening we stopped to have coffee and Jessi's excellent cinnamon rolls! And I almost forgot the story on the c. rolls!! Before we left, Gary had put them in the 2nd seat of their car and then went to pick up Evan at school - when they returned, Jessi immediately opened the car door and the glass pan and the rolls shattered on the cement!! But we picked up the rolls (which were frozen) and made sure there was NO glass stuck on the bottom and stuck them in another pan - they were all just fine!!!
I always do the annual calendars for the kids and Glenn and I - it's quite a project but I enjoy doing it!
The best part about making Snapfish picture books for the kids (based on the time they spend at our house during the summer) is to see their faces when they open the books - they all LOVE them!!
Hanging out in the afternoon while the kids went swimming and roller skating!!
After an Italian meal that evening, we adults had our gift exchange - baskets and/or gift bags of food or drink - we had a ball playing the dice game and passing those gifts around - even though Gwyn doesn't look happy, the rest of us were!!
And after our gift exchange, we did our annual predictions! This year we decided to retire the "frog" and do something different! Each couple put $15 in one envelope to be used by the winner for either ice cream and/or dinner!! This year the Smiths and the Keppys won - instead of doing a tie breaker, they just decided to split the money!!
More pictures in the next blog!
2 comments:
Looks like quite the celebration!
I love the calendars we always get!!! The rugs were a great surprise this year!
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