Christmas at the Kammeyer House-2008

After a big meal on Christmas Eve, we coast through Christmas Day. We got up early, picked up Grandpa and brought him back to the house where we ate Cinnamon rolls that Matt and Katherine had made. Then we opened presents and the rest of the day we spent visiting and eating left overs. Grandpa stayed until after lunch when James took him home.





Here is the family room with the stockings ready.












Grandpa, Aaron and Lauren, Matt and Katherine on Christmas morning.

Christmas Eve with Friends-2008

We always have such a great time hosting a dinner with all our friends on Christmas Eve. People come and bring food and we spend time visiting and eating. It is a time we treasure and look forward too every Christmas season. This year we had 21 people join us for dinner. Dick and Nellie Akerson, Jane Dover and George Dover, Ray and Renae Summers, Rosemary and Angel, Scott, Dulsanna, Eric (who had just returned from Hmong speaking mission to Fresno California), Kyle and Ian, the Elders, and all of us. We lined the tables up all the way down the living room and dining room and there was just enough room. After dinner we put away some of the tables and put everyone in a big circle to read the Christmas story out of Luke and sing carols.

These are pictures of Rosemary and Angel, (Katherine's mother and sister), and Renae and Dulsanna.

































James and Grandpa, Little Ian and Scott.

December was an interesting month. We had more snow than anyone can remember, with wind and temperatures dipping into the teens. Church was canceled two weeks in a row, Matt works for the state and offices were closed. James and I had the week off and the Kammeyer's found themselves homebound. We occupied ourselves with napping, eating, playing games, watching TV and reading. It was great to have all our appointments canceled and not have any pressure to go anywhere or do anything. We did venture out periodically to check on other people and make sure they were ok. Blink was not happy at all with the turn of events. She drove us crazy, especially when the wind blew. She wanted to go outside, but didn't like the snow or the wind. Matt had to let her in and out during the night.






















It was really kind of fun to have the whole family together while the elements raged outside.





















These are looking out into our backyard and the park.




















Here is looking out our front door, and our cars in the driveway. Drifts were up to 6 feet deep. If you look close at the picture of our front lawn, you will see the foundation of Matt and Katherine's first home they were building. Unfortnately, things got busy with Christmas and they never got past the foundation.