Christmas Fun In Michigan!

My family consists of two boys and two girls: Lee is 60, married and has 2 boys, Jan is 58 and has a boy and a girl, then there is me 50, married and no children, then Paul 45 divorced with 3 children - 2 girls and a boy. That said, we had a wonderful Christmas gathering! Lee's youngest, Arend-31, and I are the only ones that live out of state.


This is Jan with her grandsons Jason, Jr - 10 and Cole - 5


This is Big Jason's wife and mother of Jason,Jr and Cole, Diana


This is where it can get confussing. Jerry is Paul's youngest and Andre' is Paul's grandson. Got that?


This is Amanda, Paul's oldest daughter and the mother of Andre' and her husband Paul and Leah. Leah is Paul's second daughter. She turned 18 Dec. 5.


This is my oldest brother Lee and his wife Florence and their youngest son, Arend. (the one that lives out of state. New York to be exact)

Our typical Christmas is spent gathered around the kids while they open gifts. Of course there is always lots of good eats then the grown-ups play games all evening. Such as Taboo, Guesgures (sp?) Especially any new games any of the kids may have gotten.
Hope you have enjoyed my Christmas tour. I can get a bit long winded when it comes to family, since I see them only once or twice a year. We are all very close!

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Oh what a wonderful 50th birthday I have had! First Wayne took me to Gilberto's on my birthday (12/06/07) and some of my friends joined us for dinner and drinks. It was wonderful to be surrounded by such a wonderful bunch of people! Then on
Dec. 14th I left for Michigan to celebrate my birthday and Christmas with my brothers and sister. I was a bit worried, the weather was looking bad for Saturday. So I drove Friday for about 14 hours, making it to Terre Haute, IN. With the help from the good Lord above, the storm had slowed down and I made it to my sisters home in Brown City, Michigan at 12:30 p.m., just missing the storm by about an hour! One other little problem was as I exited the freeway at Imlay City, (about 18 miles from my sisters) my car was idling very fast (2,000 RPMs) This makes driving on ice and snowing surfaces very difficult. I slid into my sisters driveway, slipped it into neutral and shut it off. Again, by the grace of God, I was safe! My younger brother took the car into a shop and it was a sensor and the total cost of repair was only $97. Whewwwww!


Saturday the 22nd we had a family get together for my birthday and my nephews birthday that was on the 21st. What a spread! Those pictured are my nephew, Jason that turned 38 on the 21st; my sister, Jan (Jason's mom); myself; Claudio and Jennifer. Jennifer is Jason's sister and Claudio is her Italian Fiance.

Quilts

Here are a couple of my quilts.

April Snow

On Friday I was taking pictures of Blue Bonnets and 24 hours later, I'm taking pictures of SNOW! It looks like a Christmas Card!

Well, where shall I start? My friend - the Wackypac - are starting a Blog and, well, I had never even heard of a Blog. So I figured the best way to learn about it, is to do it! So here I am, playing with my own Blog. Go figure!