Saturday, January 7, 2012

Before the Memories Get Boxed Away

Before Christmas memories are entirely boxed away for another year, let me share just the highlights for our family who was not able to join us ...

Our annual Christmas Eve portrait ...
And our annual Christmas Breakfast ... Yes. That is sugar--both powdered and brown. Yes. It IS breakfast. Yes. It is absolutely just as yummy as it looks. ;)


Enjoying gifts ...


This young man gets so excited about receiving gifts--including socks! :o)

Hannah was very excited about her next installment of the Little House series ... we've already finished reading it together! Thanks, G&G!
Thanks, Great G&G! The John Deere tractor was a definite hit!
Thanks for the Bible cover, Uncle Pat & Aunt Judy!

Guess who's excited about "little" Legos this year? :o)
Emily joined our family ... a huge blessing from a friend at work. Daddy is enjoying his new Irish Flute.
We were blessed to have the week off between Christmas and New Year's, and doubly blessed for G&G to be able to join us. We didn't try to tackle the world (and we certainly didn't take many pictures of it even if we did!), but in the midst of relaxing, Chris and my Dad got the vent holes cut in for the HVAC system we will, Lord willing, be getting installed early this year! (Yay for central heat/air!!!)

Mostly, we just enjoyed being together (and left the camera on the desk.) Here's a few favorites we did manage to capture ...




(I LOVE this picture, Mom!!!)




This was Peter AND Grandpa's first Lego model!

And unpictured is the blessing of lots of good conversation, fun game nights, and plenty of yummy food!


So thankful for your visit G&G! We love you!

3 comments:

Delighted Hands said...

And the best gift on this earth is family time!

Marsel said...

I didn't take many pictures of our family time, either, but the lack of pictures doesn't reflect a lack of enjoyment! Sometimes it's just nice to unplug, even from the camera. :)

Glad you enjoyed your time.

JR said...

How fun! Thanks for sharing. :) Chris got a penny whistle?? Next time we're together, he and I can play duets. :D