Christmas Day

Update on Ben: Ben's surgery on Thursday went really well. He ended up with a plate and 4 screws (2 will come out later). He has to be completely off of it for 6 weeks. The doctor is not concerned about his bones healing and think they will be just fine. However, he did have some soft tissue damage which is why he is having to be off of it so long. It takes time to heal. He is doing well and they have been able to keep his pain under control. He goes back to the doctor in about a week and a half and they will remove his cast and put him in a boot. He is in good spirits.



Since we stayed the night in Perry on Christmas Eve, we got to see Alyssa and Grayson open their presents from Santa the next morning. She was so excited and I am glad we ended up staying so we could watch.



Below: Alyssa is opening up what I think is her cupcake maker from Santa. Ryan and I missed out on her baking abilities which I think occured later that day.

Below: Grayson got in on the action too! Such a fun little guy. He isn't quite old enough, but he sure tried to get that paper off!
Below: I just had to post this picture. This is the most impressive bed head I have ever seen! I am impressed and a little jealous. LOL She has the most beautiful curls.
Below: This is 412 while Ryan and I were driving home. This road is always bad if we get any kind of snow. It always drifts. Ryan and I felt like we were driving home on a cloud. We had to be careful though, there were drifts that came up on the road. Overall I was impressed with the road crews. I didn't expect this road to be so clear.
Below: This is the heaping drift of snow that is at the beginning of our street in Garber. I kept telling Ryan that we could make it, but he wouldn't try. It is probably a good thing I wasn't driving because I would have tried it!! I then would have been pushing!!
Once we made it safely home and got ready, we went to my Mom's house in Garber to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family. It was a day filled with fun and laughter, and of course great food! My mother had a turkey incident, but I will spare you the details. If you want to know the story, have her send you the e-mail! LOL She cracks me up, but is always such a good sport.



Below: This is the Christmas tree at my Mom's house I have been telling you about. The ornaments started out being evenly placed around the tree. Due to Tad (and possibly my encouragement) they slowly moved up the tree. He also wasn't afraid to use one of the gifts to get on and try to reach them. I am noticing in this picture that my special cup cake wrapper tree topper is not on top!?!?! What happened guys!

Below: Bryan opening up his gift. I think he gets a new pair of overalls every year. That is what he asks for!! Not sure what his expression is in this picture.
Below: Grandma received 3 bags of pecans for her Christmas present! I think some of them came the next Monday on her delicious chocolate cake!! Oh so good!
Below: Ashley opening her gift. She received a flash drive. Now she can store all of her pictures!
Below: Angie received a Braum's gift card. I don't remember what else she got. Bryan or Ashley had her name. They enjoy giving Angie a hard time. Well, our whole family gives everyone a hard time.
Below: Ryan was excited about his grill cover. Now we can make more room in the garage.
Below: Ryan had Jacob's name and got him koozies. They are neat. On one side it says "Reinschmiedt Bros. LLC" and on the other side it has their brand.
Below: Lisa received a waffle maker from Grandpa. She made waffles for everyone the next morning. (I of course was not out of bed)
Below: Lisa had Mom's name and got her some new sheets for her bed. There is another funny inside joke to this. :)
Below: Mom had my name and got me some picture frames!! If you don't know I am a picture person. Tad helped me open my gift. By that time he was really getting into it!
Below: I had Gpa's name and got him a digital picture frame. I put pictures on a flash drive and got it all set up for him. I don't even know how many are on there, but it is a lot! I hope he enjoys it and it brings back memories from the past few years. I know it did for me when I was making it.
Below: I don't remember who had Ben's name. I think he received some Wrangler work shirts but I am not 100% for sure.
Below: Dad is opening his gifts. He must have been surprised by the look on his face.
Below: Tad getting into opening more presents!
Below: We went and took family pictures and gave Gpa and Gma one. I should post those soon! (Yes that is a bow on Lisa's face)
Below: We all got a gift from Tad! He gave us these cute ornaments. One of these days when Tad has cousins we want to all sit down and make then together.
Below: Tad in the wagon Ryan and I got him. Yes, I wrapped the entire thing. It actually only took about an hour. It was to cold to take him on a ride outside that day so we took him around the house. Grandma Brenda took him out one of the warmer days and he loved it! It will be great this summer when they are walking over to our house to go swimming.
Below: Tad relaxing in the wagon with his juice cup. Heck yeah he is using one of Uncle Jake's koozies!
Below: Towards the end of the night, Tad was playing and tripped and ended up in the middle of all of his toys. He didn't know what to do and was stuck. To cute! He did this again yesterday but fell into a tub of toys.
Well, that was the majority of our Christmas vacation. We went to my Dad's the following Sunday and celebrated with the Reinschmiedt clan. I need to get some pictures from them.

Until next time... Take Care!

Ry and Ju