Christmas Poems

I failed to get any pictures of our family at Xmas this year - I've really been dropping the ball on documenting anything on camera lately. I recall one of Seth's aunt, who is the 7th of 10 children telling me once that she doesn't have a single photograph of herself as a child. Now I can see why - especially considering she lived long before the age of the constantly available smartphone camera....which I don't have...which is probably part of my problem.

Our sister-in-law got a couple of pictures on our hay ride with Seth's family Xmas day so I have those at least:

And my sister got a video of the kids reciting their Christmas poems for my mom. Grandma's request for a gift this year was for all of the grandchildren to memorize and recite one poem. They all did a great job - except for Frankie. I think he finally said his poem after lots of goofing off and the cameras had been put away, but you won't get to see it.

A few are hard to hear so I added captions. They each memorized a new poem for her birthday this month as well. I wasn't there for that one, but I'll see if I can get them to recite them again on film sometime soon (don't hold your breath!)