With the family getting increasingly larger and scattered, Grandma and Grandpa decided to have several mini-parties to accommodate everyone’s schedules. Each family scheduled the day and then Grandma and Grandpa Schwieder were invited to attend. Our family decided to have our get-together on Sunday, December 18th. We had dinner that evening and then watched one of the new church Bible videos of the birth of Christ. I had prepared a gift for everyone to open. 
It contained a framed family picture and socks. This was to symbolize our family goal of being a forever family with our Heavenly Father. I wrote a little poem to go with it.
Grandma and Grandpa also had presents with a thought.
Then we played the money game. Grandma started this a few years ago with Grandpa’s loose change that he would empty from his pockets into a bowl in the drawer. The family sits in a circle and each player has five coins. You can shake one dice for each coin. If a 1,2,or 3 is shook, you get to keep the coin; a 4 sends the coin to the center; for a 5 you pass the coin to the person on your left and a 6 sends it to the right. The last person with a coin gets to have the money from the center. This year we used Doug’s saved change and each person started with 5 quarters. Stephanie was the final winner of the $12.50. Maybe next year we will sweeten the pot and start with $5 each. That would get their interest.
We enjoyed the small, intimate time to spend together as a family. Family time is my most treasured gift!
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