til 40.
All I have to say today is all 4 of my children were under one roof for Christmas this year. Hope it is a start of new traditions.
starting on the left.
Kayla, Bobbie (aka mom), Chris (brother), Alissa (Chris’ better half), Eric, Sam, Me, Jordan, Ryan (cousin), Kathleen (aunt). And behind the camera is Rick. All 11 of us enjoyed a great Christmas.
Oh let’s not forget these two…
Macy aka dufus and Bixby
Mom got a new ice pick for Christmas-
Are her eyes open in this picture??
Kayla- are you alright? 
I left Eric in the picture below- he was pretty happy about stuff
My brother wanted BBQ sauce from a local place and I used bubble wrap and packing tape to wrap it- apparently it was hard to tell what it was and everyone marveled at my wrapping skills :)
The first of many meals with Jordan and Grandma Eagen.
Macy and Grandma Eagen
Yesterday was our Langdon Christmas celebration and this morning I got to thinking about the logistics of Tom and Kathy Langdon.
Now for the sake of simple (not that this was simple to figure out) the following facts stem only from those we call Dad (Tom) and Mom (Kathy) Langdon.
I'm looking for corrections here so my sweet siblings help me out here with missing years/wrong dates etc....
Tom and Kathy Langdon have been married 25 years. Since 1983
Here are their children:
Stacy (married to Mike) 4 children
Brandon (married to Amber)
Missy (married to Rick) 4 children
Teri (married to Todd) 4 children
Jessica (married to Curry) 5 children
Dusty (not currently married) 4 children
Britt (married to Ashley) 1 child
So if just the siblings/spouses and parents went out to eat we'd need a table for 15.
If we all showed up with our kids we'd need a table for 37.
The 22 grandchildren break down like this: (note all the ages are of 2008)
Nick (the oldest and wisest by far) is 21
Jeni is 18
Kain is 18
Kayla is 17
Jordan is 15
Jake is 13
Sarah is 12
Jaden is 9
Aaron is 9
Nicole is 8
Eric is 7
Mason is 7
Eli is 7
Koby is 7
Kaitlyn is 6
Sam is 6
Noah is 5
Rachel is 4
Corbin is 3
Ethan is 2
Conner is 2
Dylan is 7 mo
Out of the 22 grandchildren 16 of them are boys,
15 of them are 9 and under,
since 1998 there has been at least 1 but most years 2 grandchildren born into the family,
in 21 years these are the only years Tom and Kathy have not had new grandchildren: 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1998
Eric and Mason are only 6 hours apart sharing the same birthday,
Grandpa Tom got Sarah for a birthday present 12 years ago.
I'm sure there are many more fun facts but those along made my head twirl..... Dad no wonder what little hair you have let is turning gray!
We love you! :)
At the beginning of January we celebrated Christmas with Rick's side of the family. We traveled up to Grandma Eagen's on the 4th. The boys were so well behaved. You know I always worry about them up there. Her apartment is small (perfect for her) and there gets to be a lot going on and I can't think of one time that we've been there that I haven't left feeling very proud of my children and their manners. (well with the exception of they way they eat) Grandpa Eagen and Evie joined us and Aunt Becky came a little later. Grandma Eagen made a huge meal and worked really hard to make the day nice for her boy and his family. 
Of course there were more presents to be sought after and Grandma and Grandpa had some fun teasing Eric and Sam telling them that they missed the presents! I love Eric's face in this picture. He was obviously quite pleased with his latest monster truck addition! 
Grandma got the boys new sweatshirts with matching pants (actually Eric has his on in this picture) They put them on right away and I had to do a little battle to get them off and in a washing machine. I think they wore them 3 times the first week they had them. I don't know if I've known two boys that get so excited about new clothes.... whewww I'm glad it'll make gift giving a bit easier. Grandpa also enjoyed his new cake pan with cake mix and chocolate frosting.... apparently there is a funny frosting story and he thought we knew it hence the gift but we had no clue and from what I understand we should make sure Grandpa sticks with the store bought frosting! 
Through the years my MIL's vision has slowly gotten worse. Rick made this book for her and my FIL filled with pictures from our family with every month of 2007 represented The book turned out great and everyone enjoyed looking at it.
We played Sorry, Cribbage and a dice game. Eric had a chance to play cribbage with Grandpa. I thought I was young when I learned to play. I'll have to work with Eric more so I'm not the only one that beats Rick around here! 
When I got home of course I found some fun pictures that made their way to the camera. I love it when the kids do this. Never fails they always make me smile.
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