A merry Christmas for the Smiths. Thinking back to last year, we ended up in the ER with newborn Jane Lauren. So thankful we were all healthy this year.
Charlie wouldn't sit in Santa's lap after begging to go see him. JL screamed.
We had christmas eve lunch with my dad's side of the family at our house this year. The weather was amazing. Almost hot!
charlie is sad here bc he had to put on 'fancy' clothes. stinker.
We went to the Christmas Eve service, and met uncle Thad there. Set and JL lasted 10 minutes.
Isaac read the story of Jesus' birth for us, we tucked them in bed, and then we were up past 1 am building things. Funny how enjoyable we find the night before Christmas. Anticipating the kid's excitement.... fun memories
Christmas morning was of course lots of chaos and fun.
JL thinks the American doll house is a baby size house just for her. She even sat on one of the bunk beds and I had to rebuild it.
The boys loved the hot wheels toys
If you look on the floor in that pic above, you can see the thoughtful gift Isaac gave me. The first volumes of my blog in beautiful printed books. They are like yearbooks. Amazing gift. He also gave me a new camera and lens! I ended up needing to exchange for another lens, so I didn't get to take very many holiday pics with new camera. I'm so excited about being able to use it in the future.
The candy grabbing claw game
charlie was super excited about the basketball goal
my parent's house for lunch
New skates and skip it were a hit with Annette.
We put the doll house in the closet under the stairs for a fun little nook
JL wants to eat every piece of candy off the gingerbread houses
Nonnie's house the day after Christmas
JL loves sitting on the wooden benches handmade by Isaac's uncle Tim.
I could just follow her around all day, snapping pictures. That's about right, actually.
Nonnie played piano, doc led us in song, and Rango played the violin. Beautiful moment to remember and sing of Jesus' birth. Thankful this tradition has been revived,
