Merry Christmas from our family! We tried to have all of the cousins on the stairs for our annual photo. It never works out how we'd like..but after a bit of photo shoping..here they all are: Nicole 17, Liam 16, Carson 15, Kaden 14, Rachel 13, Riley 12, Ethan 11, Kale 11, Kennedy 10, Evan 7, Sidney 2, Miisa 1. We have a big crazy family. My Mom and Dad have 12 grandkids and we all celebrate Christmas with a delicious dinner and open presents on Christmas day.
December has been really exciting and busy for us. Both of our kids had band concerts, marched in the parade. Liam plays the trombone in the high school jazz band and sousaphone in the marching band. Riley is in the beginning 6th grade band and plays the trumpet.
My girl scout troop had a special Holiday party. We asked all of our girls to bring something to share that was a tradition from their family. One of our girls talked about Hanukah and taught us how to play Dreidel. Another of our girls brought Latkes for us to try, and another brought Tamales!!!mmm It was fun to hear the kids talk about the special things their family do. We lit candles and sang and decorated cookies. We traveled to visit friends and then stayed a night with Williams parents. We had "Christmas" with them a few days before Christmas. We had so many events and thing to do that we weren't able get a tree until a week before Christmas. Once it was up and decorated we had our first batch of cookies. More about the cookies later. It has definitely been a busy end to the year. We are blessed to be able to have such a nice Christmas.
I had some of my good friend over to do some baking.
Merry Christmas from our family! We tried to have all of the cousins on the stairs for our annual photo. It never works out how we'd like..but after a bit of photo shoping..here they all are: Nicole 17, Liam 16, Carson 15, Kaden 14, Rachel 13, Riley 12, Ethan 11, Kale 11, Kennedy 10, Evan 7, Sidney 2, Miisa 1. We have a big crazy family. My Mom and Dad have 12 grandkids and we all celebrate Christmas with a delicious dinner and open presents on Christmas day.
December has been really exciting and busy for us. Both of our kids had band concerts, marched in the parade. Liam plays the trombone in the high school jazz band and sousaphone in the marching band. Riley is in the beginning 6th grade band and plays the trumpet.
My girl scout troop had a special Holiday party. We asked all of our girls to bring something to share that was a tradition from their family. One of our girls talked about Hanukah and taught us how to play Dreidel. Another of our girls brought Latkes for us to try, and another brought Tamales!!!mmm It was fun to hear the kids talk about the special things their family do. We lit candles and sang and decorated cookies. We traveled to visit friends and then stayed a night with Williams parents. We had "Christmas" with them a few days before Christmas. We had so many events and thing to do that we weren't able get a tree until a week before Christmas. Once it was up and decorated we had our first batch of cookies. More about the cookies later. It has definitely been a busy end to the year. We are blessed to be able to have such a nice Christmas. 
I had some of my good friend over to do some baking.
