Christmas & New Year 2014

Christmas

watching The Grinch

decorating stockings

Santa cookies

the elves

Christmas morning (breakfast/stockings)

frantic opening

Patriots gear

paint set

 

ninja Gavin

help from Vicki

playing in tents

flying helicopters

Christmas dinner (risotto)

New Year's Eve

gingerbread decorating

 Sparklers!

silly string

non-alcoholic bubbly

passed out (the kids all made it to midnight, but just barely)

December 2014

Getting/Decorating the tree (12/13)

Edaville for the winter holidays (12/14)

School holiday events (12/18)

 Mrs. Claus visits The Children's Village

All kindergarden classes @ Vincent Igo Elementary sang in the holiday concert.

Can you find Mia?

Celebrating Chanukah (12/20)

pin the candle on the menorah

card for Jeremy

gummy snowmen

dreidel

November 2014

Veteran's Day (November 11th)

We made a cake for our neighbor, Ron, who is a Marine's veteran.

Mia got a harp!   

Mia's harp for her lessons, which start in December.  

She had been wanting to be a harpist for quite some time and got the idea from watching Fantasia (the original one), her favorite movie.

Jeremy sleeps over

helping Dave mow the lawn

@ Chuck-E-Cheese

Celebrating Mary's birthday with afternoon tea

Thanksgiving @ our place

mommy's helpers:  they are cutting out place cards and thankful cards

snow play before dinner

the table

Emma & Randall

Evelyn & Grandma

kids table

adult table

dad/mom

Jenn/Josh

Matt/Harold

Chase/Logan

kitchen scene

ridiculousness

*somehow I failed to catch the following elusive people: Nichole, Mattie, Heather, Justin.  I must say that the reason was because I was in the moment much more than I was behind the camera, which was great.