Christmas

This Christmas we had 5 fun-filled days of celebration with family and friends. Josh's brother, Aaron (from NJ) and sister, Chelsea (from NC) decided at the last minute to visit the week before Christmas. It was great to see them again and the kids loved having them here. Aaron was able to come to Joey's class to help with gingerbread houses and they were both able to come to Sam's class to see him sing Rudolph and decorate cookies. We also made a stop at Santa's village to see Santa, decorate cookies with Mrs. Clause and even got to see Santa's reindeer! The rest of our time was spent shopping, eating and playing games. And that was only the start of our holiday fun...

We went back home the weekend before Christmas. We spent time with Josh's side of the family the first night. The boys had a great time running around with their cousins, playing with their new cars and checking out Papa's bear skin rug. The next night we went to my aunt's house. Santa and Mrs. Clause made a quick appearance and we had a birthday party for Jesus. The next night was Christmas Eve mass followed by food, gifts and fun at my parents house. We drove home on Christmas morning and had a final celebration with Josh's mom. She made a delicious meal! It was a busy time but we feel blessed that we were able to celebrate with so many of our family and friends.

On to some pictures...

Sam with his teacher, Ms. Mandy at his Christmas program.

Joey with his teacher, Mrs. W at his holiday party at school.

Joey was pretty excited to have mom, dad and uncle Aaron come to his party at school.

Joey (at aunt Linda's house) showing Santa his missing 2 front teeth.

Sam was excited to see the big guy but a little more excited to see what was in the package.

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus

Santa's Village

And a two of my favorites...