One of our trees that fell down during the hurricane in October.
Working in the woods and clearing our hiking trail. It was so much fun!
We made the new trail go between these trees we might name "the tunnel trees."
So happy Alexis and Lori are here! Dinner is fun with so many people at the table (including Mama and Kylie and the rest of us.) We squish 5 people on a 2-3 person bench.
Singing around the piano. I've missed Kylie so much.
Talea making peanut clusters.
"Frosted windowpanes."
Saturday: Christmas Eve dinner at the Shipley's house.
Alexis and Talea were on a team to make sleighs with candy canes and Hershey bars.
Racing the candy cane sleighs. It was so much fun!
Sam and I and Sister Shipley were on a team together and dubbed our sleigh "Santa's Squatty Sleigh" because we were the only one who made it fat instead of long.
Playing a game where lots of prizes were wrapped up in cellophane and if you rolled doubles you got to unroll it until a prize fell out or someone else got doubles. The kids were at a table and the adults were at a table.
Doing the nativity with the Shipley kids and their grandma.
"The children were nestled all snug in their beds..."
Sunday: Christmas morning! Kylie got jumper cables and sunglasses. Alexis got a tiny blender and earphones.
Anderson and Samuel got RC cars and legos.
Thomas got a drone and sunglasses. Kaitlyn got a dress and velcro. Makenna got a ballet outfit and lego set. Talea got a ballet outfit and diamond art.
The family got snow tubes, a handvac, speed cubes, and a hoverboard.
I got ear phones and gardening gloves.
Going down to see the presents.
Talea found a bike bell in her stocking.
Kaitlyn is sooo excited to get velcro for all the doll clothes she makes.
And sewing machine needles! She got all craft stuff and was so happy.
Cinnamon roll Christmas tree.
Kylie holding our friend's new baby.
Dressed up for Christmas Sunday.
Lori with the kids.
Andy and Sam open Matchbox cars from me.
Kylie gave Makenna her stuffed penguin and Kenna is so happy!
Kylie opens a book Alexis got for her.
Christmas dinner of fish, cheese, pita breads, fruit, grape juice.
Thomas loves the coat I got him and his new sunglasses from Santa.
Kaitlyn made several of us little animal loveys. She doesn't use a pattern, but invents them herself. They're so good!
