NYE!

After celebrating a big 1st birthday 

with the Coop,

we took that party to the cabin

to ring in the new year

And ring it in we did!

We got Mema to play the poop game with us

and before we knew it,

everyone was getting

into the festivities!

We divided into teams

donned our party gear

and played one of the LOUDEST

2 hours of Catchphrase

in the history of Catchphrase!

It was a blast!

We gathered for a countdown picture

and Aunt Mandy tweeted it

to the nationally broadcast countdown show we were watching.

AND THEN THEY SHOWED OUR PICTURE!

We're celebrities now.

Judging by it's Eve,

2020 is going to be epic.

Pretending we're in Mexico

We're expecting a snow storm tonight...

but let's party like we're on vacation!

We hit up Coco Key for some swimming

and topped it off with fajitas for dinner

Just psyching ourselves up for 3 weeks from now...

All the merriment

We spent Christmas morning

at Cousin Cooper's house...

there was plenty of chaos over there!

Mema got us these HUGE nerf guns

Wes was excited about his Lego set

And Jack had plenty of good stuff too

But we were all jealous of the ball pit

Santa brought Cooper!

We headed to Grandma Phyllis's for

Christmas dinner

There were plenty of cool gifts there too

but the real finale was dessert.

Aunt Michelle had a cookie puzzle

for us to put together

Wait, WHAT??!?!

We're ALL going to Mexico??!!

That is so cool!

Let the countdown to

January 19th

begin!

Let the Christmas festivities begin!

It's 8:00...

we're ready!

Let's see what's under the tree!

Santa brought a basketball goal,

just like Beckett asked for!

Cool!

(but we'd really like to know

why he didn't set it up in the driveway...)

There were lots of other gifts to open too

I got a camera

B loves his Elephant and Piggie book

An e-reader for Jack

and some good stuff for Wes too

I was just a little excited

about my new vest and cowboy shirts

We were pretty proud of the bracelet we got Dad

It finally came down 

to one last box

with a chain and a note

Woo-hoo!

We're headed to Mexico!

Our favorite night of the year!!

We LOVE hosting Christmas Eve!

All of Grandpa Mike's family comes over

and there's lots of food, drink, presents and merriment.

So here's the table,

sparkly and ready!

And now here's all the people--

21 of us,

somehow fitting in our entryway/dining room

It's always so great to see everyone:

Mom, Jake, Kurt, Cooper

Amanda, Vince, Matt

Me, Grandpa, Chelsea, Jack

Aaron and Jasmin

Mema, Carol, Mark

Dad and Beck

We somehow missed Peggy and Tucker,

but we swear they were there too!

With all those people in the house,

it was a bit warm.

The Klusmeyers took a rather hilarious-looking

break on the deck

After dinner,

we headed to the basement for gifts

and a lot of palling around

Whew!

What a night.

We better hit the hay

so the Big Guy can make his entrance...