Monday, December 5, 2011

Hockel Christmas

We celebrated Christmas with grandma Bev in St. James this weekend.  It was also her birthday! 
In the afternoon the girls made personal bracelets while the men played cribbage.  We then had our annual prime rib dinner, which is always yummy, followed by gift opening.  

Grandma Bev gave all of her grand kids a special book called Heaven is for Real.  It's a true story of a four-year old boy of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room.  We will enjoy reading the book.  I've started reading it already.

It's always fun to get together with family.  We sure did miss grandpa Bernie, but I know he was with us in spirit.

The kids all had so much fun playing together.  It's just fun to sit back and watch them play and hear their giggles. 

I asked Emmy on the way home what her favorite part about the weekend was and she said, "Maya, Madi & Shelby." 

Our Family of Four.
 Deb & Jerry's family.

Grandma Hockel's Great Grand kids:
Shelby holding Elivia, Wyatt, Maya, Emmy, Madi, Erin, Max and Jayde-Alexis.

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