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Cousin R. enjoys his first Christmas present from us.
O. hanging out with Auntie S.


Our family on Christmas

Grandma L. & Grandpa B. with all the grandkids.

Auntie Stef and Ray

Christmas jammies

Jammies for Christmas are a tradition from Grandma and Grandpa. :)

Christmas day

We spent Christmas day at Grandma L. & Grandpa B's house. Grandma L. read us the story of Christmas, and we each chose a word. When out word was read in the story, we got to pick out a gift to open. What a fun idea!

Stockings from Santa

The girls were so adorable about Santa this year! We've been learning about who St. Nicolas was all season. The girls left out cookies and milk by the fireplace for him on Christmas Eve. They were so excited on Christmas morning to see that Santa had eaten all of the cookies and drank all the milk! It's been fun to watch them really getting into Christmas this year. Not just the presents, but the true meaning - the birth of our Savior. They are really starting to "get it."

Resting

We all needed some down time after opening gifts - even the dog!

Christmas at home

I'm not sure what was more fun - the presents or the boxes?

Driving home

Here's a shot out the windsheild on our drive home from Worthington. I'm thankful my husband drove the whole way!

Christmas in W.

We had a great time celebrating Christmas last weekend with grandparents and cousins. I. and S. (3 months apart in age) really had fun together. O. & I. love to play with all of their cousins.

I. is cute!

I love this picture of our little girl! :)

Gingerbread house

So Proud!

Yummy!

Say cheese!

The finished product!

We had lots of fun making a gingerbread house today! Kari was a big help to mommy, too!

Tree decorating

We got the tree up and decorated last weekend. It's so much fun to watch the girls get into the decorationg! They are really beginning to understand Christmas this year. O. even asked me if Mary nursed baby Jesus. (In her own descriptive words, of course.)

Handy girl

Our new appliances were finally delivered Wednesday afternoon before Thanksgiving! Here, I. is busy "helping" grandpa B. install the dishwasher.

Cousins are fun!

We have been so blessed to have R. with us twice a week! It's giving the girls good practice sharing mommy for when we have another baby. They are both great helpers!

Piano Lessons

O. had her first piano lesson on Tuesday. So far she loves it, and enjoys practicing, too. Here she is with her teacher, Amy, and Amy's youngest daughter.

Pretty girls

The girls posed in their new outfits on Sunday. Olivia is especially proud of her new shoes that she picked out herseld. Isabelle finally fits into the outfit I got her in Kenya, and she loves it.

Cousin R. and our family

It sure is nice to have a baby to visit us!

More cousins

R. is already getting so big! He's a fun baby! Stef had to go back to work this week, which means we got to have R. He sure is a fun baby! These are a couple really good shots of Stef and R.

Cousins

Cousins are so fun! S., Kristin, K. and Heather's mom came up for a weekend a few weeks ago. The girls had so much fun with their cousin Sophia! Thanks for a fun weekend!

More apple picking

Here are all my kids picking apples. :)

On the hay

Here they are playin gon they hay at the apple orchard.

Picking apples

We actually got to go and pick apples at the orchard this year! Ther girls had tons of fun, even though they didn't always choose the "best" apples. :)

Apple orchard

An adorable picture of our girls at the apple orchard! It melts my heart!

Pumpkins

Last night we had a pumpkin painting party at church. Olivia and Isabelle are pretty proud of their creations!