Part III

The Saga Continues...

To say that my sister in law Katie is a Packers fan is an understatement. Here she is with Mia decked from head to toe in Packers gear. She even had Packers shoes on, too bad I didn't get them in the photo! I couldn't resist these fun pictures of these beautiful Packers girls!









The girls really enjoyed playing with the tree this year. Lila taught Clarissa how to wear the ball ornaments as earrings and Lila had a ball playing in Dodo's jewelry drawer!




Santa got Kurtis a DSi for Christmas so he spent as much time as his parents would let him playing it over vacation!
It was great to see Aunt Katie and she enjoyed reading one of Lila's favorites "Sharks!"


I made sure to sneak in a few pictures with my niece!


During a quick visit to Target for diapers and such Katie spotted these super cute purple dresses that they just happened to have in all three girls size!

Vacation Part II

We love going to Paul and Dodo's house! Not only are they wonderful, but they have a big beautiful house to play in with a pool that is near a great park, the ocean, and lots of skate parks. Oh, and don't forget the warm winter weather! The day after Christmas was a mellow one. The kids played with their new gifts that included lots of crafts for the girls. Anxiously awaiting the arrival of Katie, Chris and Mia we went to the park to enjoy the much warmer weather!












Finally my beautiful niece arrived. She even brought her parents with her! This was the first time Jeff had met her, so it was extra exciting. After greetings and dinner, we did more presents!






The kids and I made our second annual gingerbread houses. As you can tell from the changes of clothing, it was a three day affair! I love making the houses and it's fun to get all my kids doing the same activity together with me!

...to be continued

Christmas vacation Part I

We left our house mid morning on Christmas Eve and flew through Memphis to Jacksonville. It was as uneventful as could be with a toddler, preschooler and teen in tow. Our flights were all on time and there were no mad dashes through any airports so all in all, a good flying day. We didn't arrive at Paul and Dodo's house until past midnight so we had two very tired little ones on our hands. Luckily their house is very comfy and the girls settled right in for the night.





On Christmas day the kids were up at 9am (eastern time) eager to open presents! Santa came and was good to everyone. He even left Lila a note thanking her for the milk and cookies!








One of my favorite Christmas traditions is for my Dad and Step-Mom to come down from Savannah and spend Christmas day with us! We ate all the wonderful food that Dodo got up extra early to make. Not only did she make five pies before we arrived, but she made two wheat and dairy free pumpkin pies just for me! (Thank you Dodo!) We opened presents and enjoyed being together. Kurtis brought along his clarinet so we had a great concert too! A great Christmas!