Saturday report

Today, our last day to be together as family this Christmas season, began with a wonderful breakfast cooked by Adam and Andrea. Yum! Thank you, it was so nice to wake up and have breakfast made by someone else, in my own home, no less!

Then we had a really special treat- a book party! Not just any book party, but wonderful children books lovingly shared with our grandchildren by my growing twin nieces (and my youngest brother and his wife). We brought back a number of boxes of used books to share with the 8 Berge grandchildren when we visited my family in New Jersey over Thanksgiving.

So we drew names and each one got to pick a book, then the next, etc. etc. until we had selected lots of great books! The children thought it was very special, indeed.

Our thanks to Jeffrey, Ann-Margret and Stephanie & Jacqueline.

It felt like a much more laid-back day today. During nap time for the youngest ones, the rest of us all seemed to find a quiet activity to do... such as coloring... or..

concentrating on strategy.... or....

regaining ones strength for the rest of the day.... or..

reading a good book.

Tobias showed off his newly learned "sitting by himself" skills while familiarizing himself with his new giraffe. I think this giraffe also says "I love you, Tobias."

Brooklyn needed some cuddle time and found a grandpa who was willing to provide said cuddle.
Grandpa did a fair amount of reading too.

Later in the afternoon we had to try out our skills on the Wii.

I have a lot to learn - and Brooklyn was excited to be my teacher.

Imagine having your 5 1/2 year old grandchild have to show you how to use the Wii!

And then it was time to say good-bye to all our grandchildren.

We had a wonderful few days together and feel immensely grateful and blessed to have our three wonderful sons, daughter-in-laws and our precious grandchildren.

May you also be so blessed.