Saturday, January 25, 2014

New Years at the Schattes

For New Years, Sam and I spend the night at the Schatte's, playing games, laughing and talking! :)
And yes, we stayed up til midnight and Steven had bought some firecrackers that he shot off!!! 

Danny being adored....as usual! ;)



We played a game where everyone gets a piece of paper and pen, set a timer for 1 minute, and everyone starts a story. Then when the time is up, you fold over all but the last line, and pass it to the next person. Reset the timer, and continue the story! There were quite some hilarious stories when we were done!!!









Then at midnight, we all headed out to watch Steven set of fireworks


That was really fun!!!



Then we did some sparklers...which are really hard to get clear pictures of! :)










The next day, we all went to Bek and Steven's and got a family picture!

Heading out to the train tracks


S&B's apartment 







Faith and Lizzy telling us what to do....



Then we walked to a park nearby for more pictures...and then some tennis! 

Uncle Sam and Danny






Playing tennis

Sam and Lizzy


Rachel and Faith




the onlookers were rather distracted by a cute nephew....






The Schatte family - 2014


Rachel, Lizzy, Esther, Faith, Andrew
Samuel & Esther(and baby), Mom & Dad, Daniel, Rebekah & Steven


Samuel & Esther(and baby), Rachel, Esther, Andrew, Lizzy, Faith, Rebekah, Steven & Daniel
(Mom and Dad's hands)





Monday, January 6, 2014

Christmas with the Hales

Monday, Samuel and I headed out to my family's house to spend Christmas Eve with them :)

David and Amy came over for the evening, and we watched Secondhand Lions, and played with Bobby :)
I didn't take very many pictures, but I'll share the ones I have.

Daddy and the tower that he built.... :)



Bobby loves to ride in Great-Grandma's walker!!!




and watching his Uncle play ping pong




Christmas Eve breakfast



Bobby enjoying his breakfast



Jack, Rachel and the girls showed up that morning

the kiddos playing with dominoes 



Andrew was amusing Anna by putting a domino on his nose, and then flip it into his mouth


Anna Joy



Opening stockings and gifts

Anna, Rachel, Jack and Bella


Amy, Mommy and Bobby(and Peter's feet)



Peter and David



Bobby loves his Grandma



Reading Luke 2



Andrew, Anna, Jack, Rachel and Bella



Daddy's new shirt from Amy! :D



Mommy, Bobby and Andrew
(Bobby didn't care much for the gifts...he just liked the box :) )



Mommy gave Daddy this wagon to give rides to the grandkids :D



It was quite a big hit!