It's Here!

Christmas day was finally here and all were excited. Here are a few pictures to capture our time with my family. It was a great time to relax together, talk, love each other's kids, and be encouraged about who this Christ who was born is. We missed my brother Brett and his family - they were in CT so that he could have basketball practice. But we did get to Skype with them which was fun. The grown-ups learned a new game at night too - Chicken Foot - that is played with Dominos. Very fun!!

A happy momma with her two boys.


This is what Baxter liked most about Christmas this year!



Owen was always very serious when opening gifts.



Baxter and Nathan - 3 months a part.



The cousins had such a blast together. It was a treat to see Owen love and be loved by Reese and Megan especially. They sat at a cousins dinner table and just laughed and talked and ate. Owen tried all sorts of new things because they were and he was distracted!



Owen played his first game of Trouble. He even won! They only let him off one time! Here is is popping the dice with his leg high in the air. It's all in the technique.



O and Megan ("mey-mey") played Jesus Loves Me together - Megan on the piano and Owen and his makeshift drumset (a cymbal and two pencils - to a drummer, anything can be made into a drum).



Bax and Nathan enjoying a snack together.



We didn't end up making Monkey Bread for Christmas Day, since mom had so much yummy food already (especially Banana Bread and chocolate chip cookies!!!!), so we made it this morning. YUM! A good once a year treat!



Happy New Year too! We are thankful for another year to walk with Christ with each other and to be able to celebrate the great redemption that he purchased for us. We hope and pray you would know it more and more too!