Mike's Family Christmas

I have not blogged too much about Mike's family. All of his siblings live within 1/2 hour of each other, but unfortunately they don't seem to get together as a family too often. The two people that Mike refers to as his parents are actually his father (Jerry) and step mother (Lois). They married when Mike was only two years old so Lois is the only mother Mike has ever known. Like Jerry, Lois had been married prior to their marriage. She had two children from her first marriage--Debbie and Steven. Jerry brought three children to the marriage--Chris, Jeremy and Mike. They all lived in the same house for several years until the older kids began moving out. Mike's closest sibling in age is six years older than Mike so he is really the baby of the family! All five kids have their own children and families and we try to get together at least once a year for Christmas.

Last night was our Christmas get together. We had a fabulous dinner with some funny conversation. We played a gift exchange game as well as an ugliest Christmas ornament Olympics--congratulations Cory!! Before everyone left we talked them into taking a family picture. Unfortunately, Steven and his family were not able to come and are not in the picture. Hopefully we will get him next year! It was a fun time with fun people! We need to get together in the summertime too!