Our Christmas Fun

We had a fabulous time in Iowa for Christmas. Ever since my mom moved there, she thought camp would be a great place to celebrate Christ's birth, and she was right! No one was around, she doesn't have a TV with an antennae or cable (so we were able to watch movies) and the gravel roads to and from camp were pretty icy, so we stayed put in Heckmann House. It was a great time of chilling and relaxing, playing outside and just being together as a family!

Our first project was decorating Heckmann House. My mom had a little tree, with some of my childhood ornaments, plus we made a lovely paper chain!


Charlotte making the nativity.

One of our little snow bunnies!


Greg went sledding everyday, and often took one of the kids with him, although I don't think they had as much fun as he did. One highlight was sledding on Christmas night with everyone, minus me and Foster baby, although we did join everyone outside!


There were plenty of baking projects! Here, Elijah is chopping nuts for my mom's famous truffles. Below the kids make our birthday cake for Jesus! Another baking project included sugar cookie Christmas tress the kids decorated.



We made a snowman on Christmas Eve!


Our Christmas Eve dinner! We had lasagna (my favorite), homemade bread, and salad, plus truffles for dessert!


The cousins on Christmas Eve.