Family Visits!

Normally we go north and visit Greg's family during Christmas break. Since that involves an over-13-hour van ride, and Leah has been home less than two months, we decided it would be best not to attempt that trip this year. They came to see us instead! We had a wonderful time.

Stockings:

More presents! Essentially, we had "Second Christmas":

"Thank you, Grandma!"

Sadie found some friends

ALL the Indiana Jones movies!

Some of us were under the weather:

We played a lot!

Pinochle - double run!

Decorating cookies:

And the visit was even more special, because in addition to Grandma and Grandpa, we got to see Uncle Mark! He's awesome.

Christmas Day

I am so thankful for the Christmas day we had this year. Leah is with us. Greg was off work. We opened presents, drank coffee, ate well, played, played, played...and stayed in our pjs all day. We finished our advent calendar and talked with our kids about why we love to give.

All ready for Christmas morning!

Presents!

Indiana Jones

Can you tell he had been dreaming about this for months?!

The Lego building begins

Greg & Leah ate breakfast casserole with me...the others were too busy playing with their toys

Taking pictures with the toy phone