MORE GOOD NEWS!!!

On Saturday, December 17, 2011 we combined the celebration for the birthday of Doug’s mom and the Rockwood Family Christmas Party.  We had all of the siblings in attendance and many of the grandchildren and great-grands.  There were a total of 65 present.  It was a wild, fun time for everyone.  We held it at the Iona City Building and there was plenty of room to eat, visit and play. 

Every year the kids look forward to playing “The Candy Bar Game”.  Several years ago we started the tradition of putting candy bars in the center of the floor and if you shake a 1 or 6 on the die you get to choose something from the middle and put the item in your paper bag. Later they had a few minutes to continue shaking the dice, but they could steal an item from someone else IF they could remember where it was.  It has expanded to more than candy bars.  This year there was a huge heap of toys, candy, money, stuffed animals and more.  The kids were all excited to see what they could claim. (we discontinued the stealing part, since some of the little ones have a hard time parting with their favorite item).  As I put all of the spoils in the middle, I noticed one wrapped box and commented to everyone that Grandma had included a surprise package this year.  The game proceeded as usual and everyone had stuffed paper sacks filled with goodies. 

Soon after the game, one of the little girls came and handed me a small plastic ornament that had “Give to Ann and Doug” written on it.  I thought, “Oh No! I put Doug’s mothers gifts in the middle of the game. I soon learned what had happened as I opened the small globe.  Inside was a folded paper that contained the following message.

Sitting across the room were Rod and Stephanie grinning from ear to ear.  We are sooooooo excited to be grandparents.  Now it will just be hard to wait.