Runcie Christmas

We did the Runcie Christmas on December 23rd.

opening matching jammies first

Monroe got Jett this blanket

Their first skateboards

Monroe loves her new blanket

Jokers and marbles game

one of our new favorite games

The Christmas Post - a musical

Monroe, Pierce and Graham were in the musical, the Christmas Post this December.  Monroe was one of the leads.  Melinda had hoped she could do this musical with a daughter some day.  She didn't have a daughter, but she did get to have her granddaughter play the role.  Monroe did so well!  Her singing was great, but her acting is even more impressive.

Here's the duet she did with Regan, her mom in the musical.

The boys were newsies

This was their first year in the Christmas show

All of Zach's family that were in the show

One of Monroe's best friends was in the show with her

Good friends who came to watch

Burkle Christmas

The Burkle Christmas was at our house this year.  We invited the family to come to watch our kids in the musical and then do Christmas the same weekend.  It worked for everyone, and it was nice to have a Christmas early.  Because we hosted, it was up to us to pick the food challenge.  We decided on gourmet burgers.  

Jess and Rod made a Philly cheesesteak stuffed burger 

We have a family joke about McDonald's burgers.  Josh and Megan made homemade burgers to replicate McDonalds.  They tasted just like them.  

I don't have a picture, but Zach and Megan made a bbq Mac n cheese burger with bacon jam.

My parents made a black truffle burger with mushrooms

After trying all of the burgers, we realized we chose a bad category.  We love any gourmet burger.  They were all delicious, and all could have won.  

In the end, my parents' presentation took them over the edge.

Their prize was a burger ornament.

For the kids exchange, I had the idea to exchange experiences instead of things.  We got the Schulz boys a certificate to go to a college World Series game.

The boys got the Buckle girls tickets to a Lied Center show.

And the Burkle girls got our kids a gift card to Urban Air, an adventure center in Lincoln.

Her cup says, "Tears of my pickle ball opponents"

We got them a plaque with a piece of the floor from the volleyball record-breaking game.

That evening we went to the Christmas dinner theater show

Merry Christmas from the Burkles