Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Christmas 2016 Memories (and New Year's)

I'll start with the photos of the kids we used for the Christmas card. We decided to do a "Brady Bunch" themed card, with a headshot of each of the kids. It turned out pretty cute!

Mary Clare (almost 14)

Ellie (11)

Steven (9)

Thomas (6)

Katie (2)

And Peter at 2wks (still a little jaundiced!)

I didn't get many photos or write much about our Advent. But it was filled with rest and love and new baby joys. We were the recipients of many Advent acts of charity as others helped us with kids and meals. We didn't do the Jesse Tree readings or even read more than a few Christmas picture books (still hoping to do that this week!), but we did light the Advent wreath candles when we ate dinner together. The kids had a bit of fun blowing out and relighting them, and these images of Tommy and Katie were just too sweet!


Mary Clare taped up the Christmas cards, since we couldn't find the ribbon and mini clothespins we used to make a banner of cards last year!

I spent much of the 22nd and 23rd sewing new stockings. I still need to get them embroidered, and hopefully next year we'll get them hung!

After the baptism, mass, and our party, we had a quiet Christmas Eve night

The kids woke up dark and early!

Baby Jesus was in Katie's stocking, so she was the one to put him in the manger.

Time for presents!







That afternoon, we went to my parents for awhile and even got to Skype with my brother and his family in California. Katie was excited to show them her baby brother and new baby doll!

I didn't get a lot of photos of the afternoon and evening with our families, but I did catch this shot of Steven with his special Corduroy bear from his preschool.

And this is Katie opening her lion (all the grandkids got lions, as a clue that they get to go see the Lion King musical this summer).

A nice evening at the park on the day after Christmas

And the day after that was Pointe Shoe Day for Ellie!!!


A few sweet snapshots of baby Peter...
12/22

12/23

12/26

12/28

And a few other memories from the week...

The 4 oldest went with Steven to the beach house on Friday night to hang out with their cousins and celebrate their grandfather's 80th birthday! Happy Birthday, BopBop!

I stayed home loving on my babies

Steven took Steven Joseph duck hunting


And then we hosted a New Year's Eve party!

After Sunday Mass, Steven took the oldest 4 to see the new Star Wars movie (across town using gift cards), so I took the two littlest to a nearby California Pizza Kitchen

And then to Katie's first visit at the American Girl Store! She LOVED it.

We've had some fun memories this Christmas break!

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