A day with Pepere and Jerry

We spent most of today at Pepere and Jerry's house. They left their tree up but wevhad to be careful since it was a live tree. If you touched it at all, needles would rain down to the floor. It was decorated with very cute ornaments. We all noticed the lovely stockings on the wall, and the kids started looking for their names on the gifts under the tree.

We enjoyed a yummy lunch of sandwiches and soup.

The sparkling appl cider didn't last long.

Jerry handed out the stockings first.

She made all the stockings herself.

Lots of individually wrapped gifts inside each one.

We all received a knitted stocking ornament.

So cute.

Presents were handed out next.

All the kids received a wonderful hat!

Panda

So soft and furry!

Gray rabbit

Owl

Wolf

Baby penguin

Racoon (we think)

Koala bear

Polar bear

Kevin received socks and I received a light weight dressy scarf.

 RoseMarie received this amazingly soft and wonderful elephant,

instead of a hat.

It is truly delightful and I'm sure it will be a great friend.

RoseMarie spent most of the morning and early afternoon sleeping

in her car seat. I eventually got her out, and even shared her.

 She received a brown bear hat (not pictured here).

All the kids received two pencils with different erasers on the ends.

What a wonderful group of wild animals!

Chris showed off his new drone.

Some of us stayed inside to watch from the window.

Baby snuggles.

She's almost 2 months old.

 Sweet little baby enjoy time with grandparents.

So inside the stockings were a variety of gifts: thermal hot hands hand warmer pads, pencils, candy canes, dinosaur toys for Harmonie, Camdilyn and Naomi; music boxes for Camdilyn and Naomi; a tool thing and straw "glasses" for Ben; Poo pourri for Kevin and Chris; card games for the older kids; pony tail holders for the girls; jingle bell rings for the older girls. It really was a fun treat for all of us.

We ended up sitting down to watch Storks and then The Last Jedi, so instead of going out for dinner, we just ate leftovers from lunch. It was a very nice visit with Pepere and Jerry. Thank you for your generosity and love!