When one grows up in a family of 11 children, it is a difficult thing to get everyone in the same place at the same time. In fact, it usually only happens at weddings. This Christmas, however, we were all together...for about 45 minutes early the morning of Christmas Eve. My brother Dan flew in from Austin the evening of the 23rd, and brother Aaron and his family left for South Carolina the morning of the 24th. So it was that we brought our crew over to Grammy and Papa's early on Christmas Eve morning.
Papa had enough Norwegian sweaters collected and gifted through the years that we were able to accumulate enough to outfit the entire family. Purely awesome. We take our Norwegian heritage very seriously. Did you know I am a quarter Norwegian? And proud of it! As my sister Melinda pointed out on her Facebook photo posting, "No, this is not an ugly sweater party."
L to R, back to front: Marie (8.5 months pregnant no less), Michelle, Dan, Jenny, Celeste, Aaron
Sarah, Mom, Dad, Melinda
Heather, Trina, Joel
This is a most excellent follow-up photo entitled "The In-Laws." They each got in on the Norwegian sweater action, creating what is probably my favorite picture from Christmas.
(Greg, Adam, Katy, and Nathan)
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