Even Bell likes holding her little sister Ruby...
...or Ruby likes holding her. :)
After breakfast, it was time for Bell, Emmaline and Ruby to open their Christmas presents from us. We soon discovered that Bell is a pro at opening Christmas presents...
...but that Emmaline likes to take her time. (Don't you love their cute little matching outfits that their MiMi Van Wyngarden got them!)
Emmaline liked her tunnel that she, Avery and Bell all tried out...
...and Hannah liked the boxes that the presents came in. :)
What is almost as much fun as watching the girls open their presents is then watching Cory putting them together. :)
But Cory carefully read all the instructions, and within a few minutes, their soccer goal was ready...
and they made their first goal! :)
After all the Christmas presents had been opened, Tafanie and Cory treated us to some subs for lunch. Then, Tafanie, Crystal and I began cooking the things we were having for our Christmas dinner all together that evening. While Tafanie, Crystal, and I were cooking...
Bell and Pa had fun laughing...
...and whispering silly secrets. :)
Chuck and Cory also played a couple of games of Connect Four.
Everything was ready for dinner by 5 pm. I had wanted to get an updated picture of us with all our granddaughters. We decided that while they were all still and eating dinner was probably the best time to attempt that. It still took a lot of attempts. :)
But we did get a couple of good pictures of us...
and my mom (GiGi) and me with the 5 granddaughters.
What made our evening extra special is that Mrs. Latifah and her family joined us for dinner. Mrs. Latifah babysits for both Tafanie and Crystal and many other families at their church from time to time.
We had a wonderful time of food, laughter and fellowship together. What a very special evening! :)
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