Reeder Christmas Extravaganza

I know I've written about these get together before and how much I love them, but seriously!! How can I not proclaim how much I love getting together with all the loud and crazy Reeder's. This year there was somewhere around 50 of us. There were 19 great grandkids present (of the 23), 20 of the 24 grandkids, all the kids and of course Grandma! My mom's cousin and his wife joined as well. They loved being apart of all the excitement and couldn't believe that everyone really came and that everyone got along. See, my family really is the best!

This year was no exception to being great! My aunt and uncle had their garage all set up for the kids. Full of toys and kiddy sized tables. They even invited Santa and one of his helpers to pass out presents and tattoo our children! : ) The kids loved it!! Here are just a few snap shots of all the fun:

This is Miss A.. Saying that she loves babies is an understatement. She was so excited to met Benjamin and to get to hold him. I think she could have sat their all night! She was beyond thrilled to get to hold Ethan at the same time. She was so sweet with them. She even helped me feed him and get him up from his nap!

Here are some of the little ones putting on a Christmas show for us. They got to pick all sorts of Christmas songs to sing and lead the adults on. They are hilarious! Notice Thomas isn't one of the ones up there. He much prefers to sit and watch and take pictures. He did pretty good, don't ya think?!

All the cousins singing the 12 days of Christmas. There are 12 of us, so we each got a day and even had to make up motions to go along with the day. Almost everyone went along with it. Such fun!!

Timmy, he was the one running the show. Watch out world, this guy is going to be running something someday! He is so organized and has no fear being up front making sure everyone is doing what they are suppose to be. I love it!!!
This is my mom and her sister. They have 6 grandsons between the two of them. My aunt has a wonderful granddaughter through marriage as well, but we love that these two have mostly boys between them. Mom is holding my son, Benjamin, and my sister's son Ethan. Then Timmy, my cousin's son and Thomas in the middle and Jake, my cousins son, on my Aunt Mary Ellen's lap.
And finally, here are Thomas and Timmy hamming it up for the camera. Once everyone left the room, Thomas was all ready to sing Jingle Bells with Timmy and then all they wanted to do was make silly faces for the camera! Love it when these two get together!!