Christmas, at long last

Getting behind on blogging is never recommended. I figured I'd spare you all (all 4 of you?) the suspense of what happened to us over Christmas break and share some pictures from our time as a family. I'll go clockwise from the top left corner, beginning with Rebecca's New Year's Eve picture.

She was on my lap while we had dinner with several families in the ward at the church, so I tried to take her picture. Next is the kids in their new pajamas (Christmas Jamas, as Jacob says) in front of the tree on Christmas Eve. Jeff took about 30 pictures. I think this is the only good one of both kids. Next is earlier in the day, me and the kids in front of the tree. Next one shows the kids (and their assistant) coming down the stairs on Christmas morning. The picture of the field is Jacob watching Uncle David fly their family's new RC airplane. Then our attempt at laying in the star on Christmas Eve, something Jeff's family has always done. A four point star is tricky enough, but when you make 2 of those 4 points age 2 and under, the "star" is highly questionable.

Bottom right corner, you can see Jacob playing with his new farm See 'n Say and his phonics train is in the background. Bottom left, kids on Christmas eve in their finest red apparel. Center picture is first thing Christmas morning, Jacob is admiring his train. To the left of center, Jacob is sharing his new echo mic with Rebecca, giving her a chance to suck on it at least. Above that is a picture of Jacob at the NYE dinner. Another picture of Christmas with Rebecca eating her presents and Jacob looking at his. We'll end with the Mrs. Potato Head, a little felt friend with removable parts (and plenty of more masculine things to make a Mr.) that I made for one of Jacob's presents.

We had a great time here on Christmas morning in Ann Arbor and then drove down to Beavercreek, OH, that afternoon to spend a few days with David and Megan and family. We're lucky they're so close, and we're lucky they let us keep coming back! If you didn't get a chance to see it, feel free to read our family's Christmas letter found here. Stay tuned, tomorrow I'll post some more pictures from our time at David's house...taken with his fancy camera, so they'll be a treat!