A Good Old Fashioned Family Christmas

Christmas came and went again in a big hurry, as it always does. Just like every year, we had a houseful of guests for a few days. It was noisy and energetic and busy and fun. Then, everyone left and our house and life seem suddenly strangely quiet and slow.

 Kye and Grandpa Don

 Pekay looked like an elf.

 Calder playing in the snow.

 Beware of Pekay; she throws a hard snowball.

 Grandma Teresa

 Grandma Ellie

 Calder liked his fire truck.

Kye's first Xmas- the most exciting thing for him was...

...eating the wrapping paper!

We love having everyone up at our place for the holidays. It's a ton of fun and great to catch up with family. The typical festivities were enjoyed: good food, gift giving, playing with newly received toys, snowball wars, hotty toddies, and pumpkin pie. We also discovered a super sweet toboggan run in the woods, all lit up by strings of Xmas lights. Tara gets the Gold for best/most death-defying sled run, although she may be traumatized by it and never sled again.