After a few Christmas events with Chris’ family, it was time to celebrate with my extended family. This was only our second time seeing Obadiah. He was a little more cooperative for pictures this time. Granny and Obadiah, her umpteenth great-grandchild!
The next Christmas celebration was with Chris’ aunt, uncle and cousins. Avery’s buddy, Suzanne, gave her a throwback gift — Beauty and the Beast fashion plates. Avery loved it…after she learned how to use it! All of the cousins together.
Our first Christmas celebration was with Chris’ aunt and two uncles. While we waited for the festivities to begin, Chris, Shin-ya, Avery and I played Jenga. Believe it or not, Avery was really good at it! So was Shin-ya. Then
I still can’t believe that Christmas is over and tomorrow is the start of a new year. I have lots of Christmas events to show you, but I’ll start with the highlights of Casey’s visit. Casey and family were the
Merry Christmas! We didn’t expect to spend the day after Christmas stuck inside our house due to eight or nine inches of snow (I haven’t heard the final official tally). But we made the most of it by watching a
Finally…this afternoon Casey and his family arrived from Japan. It’s nearly a 24-hour trip from their doorstep to Mike and Connie’s. So as you can imagine, they were a little tired by the time they landed in Indy. We met
Sorry for the delay…Blogger wasn’t playing nicely, so it took me a little longer than I expected to get this post finished. On Thanksgiving day, we hosted Chris’ parents, my parents and Aunt Karen for lunch at our house. I
This year we thought Avery was old enough to try trick-or-treating. A few days before Halloween, we explained the concept and rehearsed. I stayed in a bedroom with the door closed. Then Avery knocked on the door. When I opened
Avery has really gotten in the Halloween spirit this year by carving not one but two pumpkins. Daddy was feeling brave this weekend and was ready to attempt his first jack-o-lantern with Avery. She requested a “scary” face. At first,
When you have as many large and mature trees as we do, you have to find something to do with all of the fallen leaves. Daddy couldn’t let Avery have all of the fun!