Twenty Two

The first ever Baumann Family picture!  So fun to have everyone together.  Unless there are any more surprises this should be the complete crew for awhile.

Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ken with the Terrific Twelve in their Santa hats.

Brown Boy and the Ballerinas

My Mom picked out these ADORABLE tutus for Kendall, Natalie and Jillian.  The tutus quickly prompted a dance party with the girls.  Zac (Brown Boy or Brownie as his Mama calls him) joined in too.  Hilarious is the only word to describe it.

This face it too cute.

This video does not do our entertainment any justice.  The dramatic moves don't come through on video as well as in person.  Still something we will laugh at for years to come!  Acting may be in Kendall's future.

Girlies

The girls were content to stay inside most of the day doing girl things.  Emma got them all organized and made darling hand print ornaments for Grandma Sue.  Fun!

Evelyn and Kendall concocted this special cousin handshake:

Christmas Day

Let the chaos begin!

The rest of the clan arrived Christmas Day around noon.  We were so excited to have everyone there.  It was the first time we were all together - ever!  Amazing.

We had beautiful winter weather, and we were all thrilled to get outside and play!

Happy sledders.

This hat kills me.  So cute!

The beautiful snow angel.

Hockey!

David navigating two saucers.

Ben sledding with a beer!

Me and Trisha.

Santa Has Arrived

We pulled up the Santa App on Christmas Eve so Ryan could track where Santa was.  He was obsessed with tracking Santa's progress.

The kids were thrilled to wake up to find that Santa had found them at the cabin.  Natalie was thrilled to find the scooter she wanted.  However, she did say: "It's not purple, though".  Of course, she would point out this little detail that I failed to pay attention to.

Kendall had to lay all of her items out in organized fashion to show Grandma Sue.

Santa left Kendall a letter and a picture of the doll house she asked for.  He told her he had left it at our house in Issaquah because it was too big to bring back in the car.  She seemed a little confused by it, but once we talked about she felt much better.  There is NO WAY it would have fit in the car!

It was a fun morning watching their excitement and sharing it all with my parents.  It had been a long time since Santa has been to the cabin.  We were all so relived he remembered where it was!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

We woke up to such a beautiful morning on the 26th.  What a beautiful walk down to the creek.  Kendall and Evie had a blast cruising along in the sleds.

A perfect backdrop for some group photos!

Christmas Chaos

I can not think of a better word than CHAOS to describe 12 kids opening gifts at the same time.  It was spectacular!