And so it ends - 2010. It's been a good year for us overall. No major illnesses or financial stress (saying something these days). The kids are all happy and growing. We've managed to do a few things around the house and it's still standing. I guess I could say 2010 was a year were nothing major happened, but changes came everyday. Thanks for the memories twenty-ten, let's see what 2011 has in store....
12/31/10
12/30/10
12/29/10
Portraits of a Family
Back in October we joined the rest of the world and signed up for Groupon. I am not normally someone who invites a lot of ads into my Gmail account, but the deals from this site seemed too good to pass up. One morning the deal was half off on a photo shoot from AMB Photo Company. Can you really get family pictures taken cheaper than $75? We knew we needed some new photos of the kids so we jumped on the deal.
Problem is life kept us away from getting the photos taken. It was a bit too late for anything with fall leaves so we weren't in a big hurry for October. Then, Kennedy's teeth started falling out in November and we weren't sure if we wanted pictures with her "gappy" grin. Finally, we decided to take the pictures in December before the Christmas rush. Of course we chose a day below freezing to pack the kids outside and attempt to smile while not getting frostbite.
Still, everyone did great and we got some terrific shots. We shot the photos downtown near the Rio Grande restaurant. The AMB guys had some cool urban settings that worked great. Take a look:
Problem is life kept us away from getting the photos taken. It was a bit too late for anything with fall leaves so we weren't in a big hurry for October. Then, Kennedy's teeth started falling out in November and we weren't sure if we wanted pictures with her "gappy" grin. Finally, we decided to take the pictures in December before the Christmas rush. Of course we chose a day below freezing to pack the kids outside and attempt to smile while not getting frostbite.
Still, everyone did great and we got some terrific shots. We shot the photos downtown near the Rio Grande restaurant. The AMB guys had some cool urban settings that worked great. Take a look:
12/28/10
12/27/10
Christmas Eve 2010
Christmas Eve at the cabin has become a tradition in my family. Even though our family keeps growing every year and there are three more babies on the way in the coming year (don't worry, none from us!) we still keep the party going in our tiny cabin.
This year was no different. We headed up early to the cabin for some fun sledding. The hill this year was pretty icy and hard, making for some hard landings. Everyone took a few runs down the hill exccpt for Alex. We couldn't talk him into giving it a try. That kid just likes to be warm. After a few minutes outside he said, "can I just go back to the cabin?" We did catch a few pics before he went in. Kennedy and Dylan loved the snow and had fun with their cousins on the sledding hill.
After sledding, we had a yummy lunch, then had the nativity. We have been trying to talk to our kids more this year about remembering Jesus at Christmas time and why we actually celebrate the holiday. The nativity at the cabin is always a good way to do this. Kennedy was an angel to start then decided to be a sheep in the nativity.
Alex and Dylan were wisemen and you can see Dylan was quite happy with this!
The nativity was sweet, even with Dylan wandering around the whole time! My favorite part of the nativity is listening to my dad read the story. He really has such a great way of doing it. As he gets older, it gets harder and harder for him to read it, but it is so special to hear him do it each year.
After the nativity, we opened presents and just relaxed for a few minutes before cleaning up. As we headed home that evening, Jared and I were talking about how we actually enjoy Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day. There is just something about the anticipation and excitement building up to the actual Christmas morning that is so much fun. This year seemed to be the same. The kids were so excited all day and really had fun.
I'm not sure how much longer our family will be able to squeeze into our family cabin for Christmas Eve, but it sure is a great tradition and I hope it lasts forever. Thanks to my cute parents who work so hard to put on such a fun party each year. We love you!
This year was no different. We headed up early to the cabin for some fun sledding. The hill this year was pretty icy and hard, making for some hard landings. Everyone took a few runs down the hill exccpt for Alex. We couldn't talk him into giving it a try. That kid just likes to be warm. After a few minutes outside he said, "can I just go back to the cabin?" We did catch a few pics before he went in. Kennedy and Dylan loved the snow and had fun with their cousins on the sledding hill.
After sledding, we had a yummy lunch, then had the nativity. We have been trying to talk to our kids more this year about remembering Jesus at Christmas time and why we actually celebrate the holiday. The nativity at the cabin is always a good way to do this. Kennedy was an angel to start then decided to be a sheep in the nativity.
Alex and Dylan were wisemen and you can see Dylan was quite happy with this!
After the nativity, we opened presents and just relaxed for a few minutes before cleaning up. As we headed home that evening, Jared and I were talking about how we actually enjoy Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day. There is just something about the anticipation and excitement building up to the actual Christmas morning that is so much fun. This year seemed to be the same. The kids were so excited all day and really had fun.
I'm not sure how much longer our family will be able to squeeze into our family cabin for Christmas Eve, but it sure is a great tradition and I hope it lasts forever. Thanks to my cute parents who work so hard to put on such a fun party each year. We love you!
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