Christmas with the Timmerings 2011!

We are so blessed to have the Timmerings in our lives....a family that just gets us and that we get too! When we are together it is laid back, seamless, fun for everyone...and that is saying quite a lot considering when we are together there are 10 people and 2 dogs at times. We are family truthfully and this is why for the past few years we have our own Christmas celebration with our families. We all look forward to it every year! We starred the night by playing pass the present! 

 The last and final box held a 12 pack of flavored Chapstick...so everyone got 2 sticks.....you would have thought they won the lottery!

 Then we got down to the gifts! The kids were so excited....but more to give the presents they had to give than to get the ones they were getting! The girls got the Barbie Jet! It was a hit for sure!

 Riggs & Rollins and Jeremy got tickets to a UK game so they were over the moon with happiness!

 Rollins was so excited to give his gift to Braden!

 It was a Randall Cob autographed football!

JuJu got an American girl...Kit because now Julia has short hair!

After presents we settled down to watch a DVD of all the wonderful, fun times we shared in 2011.....basketball games, a trip to Chicago, the fair, sleepovers, date nights, soccer games, ballet recitals, and on and on....we had a ball this past year!

 and the greatest gift is love and friendship...and boy do we have that!

 At 11:15 the party ended and all the Littles headed to the Timmerings for a pre-Christmas sleepover....even Lila Ray got to go this time! We all hugged with happy, light, full of love hearts.....

 Goodbye, Timmerings...see you tomorrow...and the next day...and the next! Are we lucky or what!?