Thursday, January 13, 2011

More Christmas!

This year we made our way back to Ohio to celebrate with Papa, Mimi, and Mark and Steph and the boys. Nick and Ali, we missed you! Before Mark and Steph and the boys came out we had some fun in the snow.

When it comes to bundling up our kids, Brian definitely doesn't want to be short on the clothing. I think Abby is wearing approximately 32 layers.
Again, Papa, again!
Abby, are you in there??
Christmas Eve we were able to go to Papa and Mimi's church. The kids were especially fond of the candy canes they received and I was glad to get another use out of Abby's Christmas dress.
Look at these cuties.
And then it was Chrsitmas morning!
How funny is this? Abby as Rapunzel.
After some sickness and delay, Mark, Steph, Eli, Toby, and Ish finally arrived.... and the party began. First, more gift opening. Mimi with her youngest grandchild (for the time being... I have a feeling he won't hold the title forever).
More gift opening...
and more...
And then there were Zhu Zhu pets. They were in the stockings from Papa and Mimi and all the kids got one. And then they went crazy giggling.
Cousin love.
The big boys working on their legos.
And Papa was put back to work outside on sled pulling duty.
That's pulling at least 130 pounds. :)
Isn't my sister in law beautiful? And Ishy the cutest? Time to warm up and play some games.
Ishy happens to love babies, so Levi got some special attention from him. Ishy is just checking Levi out.
Then decided to entertain. :)
And Levi enjoyed the show.
All of the grandkids.
With the proud grandparents.
And Mark and Steph's clan.
We had a blast seeing you all! Hopefully we will again this summer, but with NICK AND ALI too! Right guys??

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Christmas in Omaha

Not much time to write, but here are a few pictures of our Christmas celebration at home.

First, Jonah peforming in his preschool program.


And our gift opening at home. Fun times!