Saturday, December 26th
We took off from Ames for Okoboji Saturday morning. The roads were good, so we made it in good time. We arrived just in time for Grandma's delicious lunch of sloppy joes, cheese soup, and egg salad sandwiches. After lunch my mom and I went shopping at a few of the stores in town while others played Risk (Dad won again!). I love the shops in Okbooji, especially at Christmas time. For dinner Grandma had cheesy potatoes, ham, and green beans. We never go hungry at Grandma's!
Sunday, December 27th
We woke up to rolls and A LOT of coffee. With so many people at Grandma's it is always a trick to get in for a shower. Everyone managed to get a shower before Christmas lunch. This year we celebrated earlier in the day, so had a Christmas lunch. We had Grandma's traditional roast, potatoes, corn, veggies, bona duce cheese, rolls, 7 layer salad, hot tamale salad, herring, olives, and root beer. After lunch we passed the candy tray as always with all of Grandma's yummy treats. Cleanup when fast and we jumped right into the next phase of the day. We cannot start presents until every combination of pictures are taken. We go much faster now that we are older! Wendy read the Bible passage this year and did a great job. The whole group then sang "Hark the Herald"... this rendition will not be on iTunes top 10. ;) Grandma got me the nativity set and star backdrop for my nativity scene. My mom got me the three wisemen, so it is extra special having the set given to me in different groups from my favorite people. It will be fun to add on to it next year with more of the pieces.
We spent the rest of the day relaxing and playing games. We were going to leave Monday morning, but a big snow storm was moving up from the South so we all left that night. Justus and I left around 8:00 after getting Grandma's iPad setup. We made it back to Norwalk around midnight. When we woke up Monday there was quite a bit of snow and the wind was bad. So, I am happy we did leave early. It was another memorable year with a lot of great memories! I am so blessed to have a great family and rich traditions.
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| The "kids" table |
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| Grandma's main tree |
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| Tensen selfie |
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| Grandpa Craig & Grandma Sharol |
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| The Bass Family 2015 |
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| Grandparents and Grandkids |
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| Grandma's Swedish Tree |
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| My Nativity Scene setup at home- love it is from Grandma and Mom |
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