Our family Christmas picture
Dan's parents came to visit about a week after Matthias was born. It was great to have them here to visit, play with the kids, snuggle their newest grandson, and help with our mountains of laundry and dishes! We miss them already!
Grandpa Joe reading bedtime stories to snuggly boys.
Toby helping Grandma Deb make biscuits.
Snuggles with Baby
My parents came to visit just before Christmas--They start their trek back home tomorrow, and we'll be sad to see them leave. What great help with the kids, cooking, laundry, etc., and we had a fun time playing cards in the evenings. My sister and her family also stayed with us for a few days this week--we had a busy, full, and very fun house!
Grandpa Andy being a horsie for these two cowboys.
Babies make good nap snuggle buddies!
Playing "Just Grandma and Me" on Grandma's computer.
Grandpa, Grandma, and c. 60% of their grandchildren.
Perhaps one day we'll get to have all the cousins together!
Perhaps one day we'll get to have all the cousins together!
On Christmas Eve, we drove around looking at Christmas lights, then came home to a dinner of roast cornish game hens with wild rice stuffing--yummy! We then scambled over to the Christmas tree for the event our boys had been waiting for the past few weeks--presents! We definitely were spoiled with gifts this year--the kids have all kinds of new books to read and toys to play with.
Fighting Sioux gear from Uncle Stephen & Aunt
Taryn. Little Matt should fit into his t-shirt in time
for playoffs this spring!
Taryn. Little Matt should fit into his t-shirt in time
for playoffs this spring!
We woke up Christmas morning and looked out the window to see...snow!!! Our white Christmas only lasted a short time before the flakes turned into raindrops and melted our snow, but it was sure pretty while it lasted. Of course, we had to go out and play in the snow for a bit before coming inside to get ready for church!
The birds!!! The birds are coming to get us!!! We have had literally thousands of Canadian geese flying over our town the past few weeks! They are so loud, whenever I'm inside the house and hear all their honking, I think of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Are they attacking? No--just taking up the entire expanse of the sky! Honestly, the picture below doesn't even do this justice--there were way too many birds to get them all in the picture's frame.
Other December moments captured on camera...
Matt's Big Brothers sure do love him!
"Swords" the boys made out of some wooden
dowels and baby stacking toys. We took a
picture, then took the swords away--too
dangerous for inside the house!
dowels and baby stacking toys. We took a
picture, then took the swords away--too
dangerous for inside the house!
Little Matt is growing fast!
Tummy Time!
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! I'll see you in 2012!!!
3 comments:
Can you believe you move that far South and have a white Christmas? Loved catching up on your blog and loved your Christmas family picture! Miss you!
Sharon, I did laugh at the irony that we had a white Christmas, when many of our Upper Midwestern friends did not! Miss you, too!
such wonderful family pics Michelle!! Love the tummy time one, all of your boys are getting so big! Happy New Year!
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