Sunday, January 15, 2012

Christmas Celebrations!

We are finally posting pictures from Christmas!!

Christmas Eve - Aunt Susan and our cousins, Kelly and Livy, came over for the evening.
Livy plays with puppets from Rebekah

Livy loves to play with electronics!  This picture reminded me of the one below it, which was taken one year earlier.

Christmas Eve 2010
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Our friend Ariana spent a few weeks with us over Christmas break.  We enjoyed having her be a part of the family!  Here Ariana is opening a present from Livy.

Livy dresses her teddy...

Emily made Livy and her teddy matching camo pajamas! :)

Cheese!!! 

 Christmas morning - Deborah and Ariana

We didn't take many pictures Christmas afternoon while we were opening gifts, but here are a few.

Mama Flo went to church with us Christmas day and spent the afternoon with us.

Everyone got a good laugh out of David's cowboy-boot socks!

Melissa

Ariana and Deborah

We missed having Anna, Steven, and Eva with us this Christmas, but we were also very happy that they could spend Christmas with Steven's family down in the Cayman Islands. 

Ariana took this picture of some of us video chatting with Eva :)

 Christmas Evening - The Gallaghers came over and spent the night with us!

Emma being funny at dinner

Amanda and Emma

The boys ready for bed....but not until all the presents are opened!!

Ariana helps Emma open a gift

 James entertains us all by reading Very Worried Walrus.

Uncle Jonathan helps Nicolas with his new marble roller.

On the 26th we celebrated Christmas at Mama Flo's with Uncle Larry's family.

Daddy
 
Allie

Jonathan and David playing with Allie's stuffed animal :)

Each year Ross makes a calendar for Mama Flo with pictures of the family.  We all enjoy looking at it!

King chews on his Christmas present from Uncle Larry...

...while his audience watches. :)

The 2 biggest hits of the day were Allie's dollhouse...

...and a Feeley Meeley game!! 

Daddy's youngest brother had this game when he was a boy, then all the grandkids enjoyed the game until it was no longer playable because most of the pieces were lost.  Rebekah found one on ebay and everyone had so much fun playing it again after all these years!

Ross plays for the first time. :)

Amy's turn!

Jonathan - I love the face! He's concentrating on what he is feeling.

Merry Christmas!!!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

From all of us!
Mama Flo and King
Our darling baby Eva - 4 months old




Our two "adopted" little sisters, Livy and Ariana, singing "Joy to the World"


Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas Caroling

Last week our church went caroling together in the Gallaghers' neighborhood.






Nicolas gives a bag of cookies to one of the families to whom we caroled.



Afterwards we went back to the Gallaghers' for cookies and Christmas music.  Most of the children had a Christmas piece to share.

Miriam

Patrick

Rebekah and Laura

Brenna

Laura

Kyra and Edyn

Ariana

Erin

Listening to the music

Some of the boys listened from upstairs.

Visiting together afterwards

Eva and Ariana

Playing a game

Edyn, Rebekah, and Anna

Patrick's Sixth Birthday Party

Patrick turned 6 years old this month.

Mr. and Mrs. Beeman came up from Texas for his birthday.  We really enjoyed spending some time with them while they were here.

Nicolas and Emma with their Mimi and Poppi

Patrick had a car-themed party, so the children took turns throwing balls into a tire.


Patrick picked out a matchbox car for each child as a party favor.  Eva got this cute pink car.

Uncle David playing with Emma's hair

Opening his birthday presents



Patrick loved the violin his Daddy and Mama gave him.


A BB gun from Mimi and Poppi!
"Happy birthday, dear Patrick, Happy birthday to you!"