The Stone clan celebrated Christmas a few days early. Due to family scheduling we decided to have our family Christmas celebration today. We all trekked up north to Enid, Oklahoma, to the home of middle brother and his wife, David and Elizabeth. We had a total of 27 family members there today. My arm of the family consisted of ten of us.
Both of my sons came with me along with their ladies. Above standing with me is (l to r) Alan and Cathy and Alex and Christi. Standing in front are Alan's daughters, Aurora and Cadence, on each end and his twin step-daughters, Katlyn and Madison, in the middle. (My other granddaughter, Emma, was not able to go with us today.) We were also joined by Cathy's sister, Grace, who is visiting from Wisconsin. (Grace was taking the picture for us.)
In addition to my group my three brothers were there with various family members. Oldest brother, Bill, and his wife Nancy; Chester and Susan had eleven members there, all but one granddaughter who was with her boyfriends family down in Texas; David and Elizabeth were joined by their daughter, Lisa. Of course, our Dad, the Stone family patriarch was with us. He brought his bag of gifts for the grand kids and great-grand kids. Here he is with my four granddaughters getting the gifts ready to distribute.
We all shared a great and bountiful meal together and had a good visit. Nothing like getting together with family. One thing I have always tried to instill in my children: "When all fails around you family is always your fall back position." I am a very fortunate man to be blessed with the family that I have.
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What great photos! And how lovely that you were all able to get together. I think it should be a priority to gather at least once a year if not more. Merry Christmas to you all!
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