Christmas Celebrations Part 1!

Here goes nothing! There were many, many, many Christmas celebrations and gatherings this year. And I hardly ever had a camera (or phone with a camera) in my hand taking pictures. Our nice camera stayed tucked away in its case for almost all of the holiday season. Parenting fail.

So the pictures I have are either from Ryan's phone, the ipad, or other people's cameras!

Onto the first Christmas celebration with "Mem's" side of the family. Saturday before Christmas we had our celebration with Mem, G. Betty, Drake, Jeff, Jen and, of course, TESS! Our first Christmas with a cousin! So fun!

 Mem's tree :)

 Stockings for the little ones :)

This little girl stole a lot of the attention - but how could she not, she's completely adorable!!

 {Camryn liked playing on the baby mat, too :)}

Lots of playing
{Playdoh}

 {Visiting with Grandma Betty}

Presents, too!

My new favorite hat

A guinea pig calendar for Jeff - I get one for him every year :)

The girls will appreciate this gift one day!!

Evening brought some cozy down time
Scrabble game

Polar Express for the kids

Mem with some sleepy girls

And one last shot - Taylor doing one of her favorite things - playing with ornaments by the the Christmas tree

 

More Christmas coming up!