Schwieder Christmas

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!