Friday, January 3, 2014

Christmas Celebration #3 - Slagh side!

These pictures are ALL from Uncle Jason's camera - we didn't even have photos from Ryan's phone, so thank goodness he captured this evening for us!!

On Christmas Eve, it is our tradition to celebrate with Ryan's family! LOTS of food, LOTS of presents, and HOURS of gift-opening fun at this one! And next year there will be THREE more grandchildren after Chris and Liz have their baby girl (anytime now!) and Jon and Katie have the twins!! It will be quite the large event next Christmas! :)

Lots of pictures to tell the story of the evening... :)

Gotta love this little face! This is one day after her surgery for her tubes/adenoids, and she was feeling MUCH better!!

New books
 New stroller :)

 Reading new books with Grandpa
 Gift for me from Jason and Ryan - a picture from Round Lake in Charlevoix!
 Hugs with Aunt Katie

 A calendar from the girls for Grandma and Grandpa


 New piggy bank for Cam!

 Love her


 Love this sweet little girl bunches and bunches... can't believe she is getting so big

Up next - Christmas day at home!

Christmas Celebration Part 2 - Dad's side!

The Sunday before Christmas, we headed to my dad's house to celebrate!

Yummy breakfast, stockings and presents, and a tasty lunch were all a part of our time together.

The fireplace - Santa came!

Presents!
A Kellogg's blanket for Camryn
 And one for Taylor, too! We think this picture is funny - it looks like Tony is staring down Taylor :)

Jeff, Jen, and Tess - such a cute new little family!!



A fun new easel for the girls - modified and improved by Bapa

Custom Nano's (crossfit shoes) for me :)

Papa and Gaga on the ipad saying hi to Camryn - watching our Christmas through FaceTime because the ice storm prevented them from making the drive down!

The group

And after all the present fun, the girls snuck upstairs to my old bedroom, and this is how Ryan found them ;) - a little down time

Next up: Slagh Christmas!

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

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!