New Years Day

We missed being with Seth's family at Christmas, but were so glad that we were able to see them for New Years. Aunt Di and Uncle Dave made some wonderful ribs and we were able to celebrate Pa's birthday too!

Isaac loved snuggling with Canon

birthday hugs for Pa!

We were blessed with some very thoughtful Christmas gifts from Gran and Pa...Hannah loved her butterfly nightlight

and musical teddy bear

Grandma and Papa with their 3 grandbabies

our wonderful family!

don't let that trick you....we have a silly side too!

Hannah and Pa

Another Christmas!

We had our family Christmas as soon as Adam and Jill came into town. It is always a joy to have everyone together and watch the children's eyes as they open their gifts. We were overwhelmed with all the wonderful gifts. What a fun day!

lovin' her princess chair and guitar

YAY!! A wagon for Hannah and Isaac!!

3 cousins in Christmas jammies..it doesn't get too much cuter!!

I'll take that Christmas present!!

This was the first year for our secret santa exchange among the siblings...we loved the surprise of drawing names...much fun!

lovin' her new skates....she's pro now (more in to come in a future post)

Happy Birthday Papa!

We made it across the state just in time to see Papa for his birthday! We enjoyed a yummy stir fry dinner and then of course Papa's birthday cake. I'm not sure how he ended up with a pink cake...oh yeah...I think it might have had something to do with his grand daughter :) She has Papa and Grandma wrapped around her little finger...it was nice of you to share you bday cake Papa!

and boy was it good!

Christmas Eve

It was so special to have my whole family together for Christmas Eve. We were able to attend Christmas Eve service together and enjoyed dinner at Mom and Dads.

Isaac all dressed and ready for Christmas Eve service

such a lovely family



The evening ended with Jeremy playing some music for us and of course Hannah wanted to jump right in and join him...so sweet.

"Popo" meets Isaac

While we were home for Christmas we got to spend an evening with Grandpa. We don't get to see him much, so the times that we have together are very special.

Grandpas favorite game is Checkers...here he's playing checkers with Tim on the ipad...a new experience for Grandpa :) I just LOVE the smile on his face in this picture.

my mom catching some snuggle time with Isaac

the whole family...I LOVE this pic!

Grandpa with the 3 great-grandchildren

now here is a recipe for trouble...

three generations..

Isaac meets his Popo for the first time.

Our Little Family Christmas

We left on Thursday for a 10 day trip to spend Christmas with our families. We decided to have our family Christmas time on Thursday morning before we left. We enjoyed the simple, quiet morning. Warm hot chocolate, the Christmas story from the book of Luke, and presents under the tree.

Teddy Grahams game

showing Isaac his new board books

giving Daddy his candy

she knows what he likes

it was so much fun to watch her open her gifts...she was so excited and eager to find out what each one was

maybe Isaac will be a little more excited next year. Hannah was more than happy to help him open his gifts.

loving her new Ariel doll!

Five Little Monkeys is a favorite right now...she was very excited about her new game

Merry Christmas!

I love this picture of my two precious children "playing" together. Hannah was so excited to help Isaac play with his new toy! So many more wonderful times ahead for these two....

Christmas Jammies

One fun tradition that we all enjoy is getting new Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve. Well...this was the "eve" of our family Christmas so it was time to open jammies. Hannah was very excited...Isaac not so much :) Don't they both look so cute though?!