Coops Scoops: Christmas with The Shattuck's

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Christmas with The Shattuck's

We headed to MI on the 27th of December and had a great time! We celebrated Christmas on the 29th, with almost everyone on my side of the family. My brother in his family were the only ones out of 37 of us that did not come, so we had a very nice crowd. My niece Kay rented "her" church hall, so we had lots and lots of room for all of us to roam, THANKS SO MUCH KAY!!! After eating a wonderful meal; ham, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green and baked beans, corn, rolls, 3 kinds of fruit salad and a ton of desserts, we all waddled to the "gift room" and opened presents : ) Since we only have a gift exchange for the kids 10 and under, there were 14 little ones patiently waiting to get their gifts. We had them all gather in a large circle and the "handing out the gift process" began. All their little eyes were a twinklin' when we would hand them another gift. Of course none of them went without, we all took home more than what we brought. After the little ones were finished, they enjoying playing with their new toys and jumping in the huge "blow up" castle my nephew brought. They played in that thing for hours and had so much fun, THANKS for bringing that Joe, it was a great hit! With having 12 kids under the age of 5, we did have a few little "spells", but all in all, they did great! --When the little ones were off playing, it was time for us ladies and the men to have our time for the "pass around/steal" game". Everyone over 10 can participate in this game if they wish, but if they wish to be a scrooge and not play, that if fine too, LOL! This is always fun, you draw numbers, and then in order by #, each person picks a gift from the pile to open. They have the option to open and new gift from the pile, or "steal" a gift that has been opened (you can only steal the same gift twice). This year we had gift cards from; McD's, Starbucks, Wendy's, Subway and Burger King, we had lotion, bath gel, lip gloss, a scarf and glove set, Christmas towels, scrapbook items and Bath & Body items. It was fun for all of us ladies and the men had fun "stealing" tools, a Colts clock, car items and a sports game. We all had a great time and made lots of memories!