Very Merry

As I eat the last Christmas cookie in the house (just after the new year...not too shabby...), I'm feeling grateful for all the Christmas fun we had with family and friends. Even with a cold making it way through our family, skipping only superhuman Daddy, it was still an enjoyable long weekend with family.

Before leaving home, we opened a few gifts - every Christmas tree needs a little blowing from a leaf blower, right?

Due to colds, only half of us made it to Christmas Eve mass. Here's how Daddy and Evelyn were waiting for us when we got back.

The closest thing we got to a picture with both little boys dressed for church.

Ready for Christmas morning!

We got one of four to pose with the stockings under the tree.

The treasured gift this Christmas - his very own Rudolph!

What's in there??

A purple present for our purple girl!

Isaac helps baby Ethan open his gifts

The boys watching all the excitement

Eli and Daddy built an Elsa tower as big as Eli!

A little down-time on the couch after presents

Decorating Christmas cookies

 Through the wonders of technology we were even able to Facetime with the family members we were missing on Christmas

This beautiful young lady joined the cookie decorating chaos

Our attempt at a family picture (since there was no posing in front of the Christmas tree this year). Thanks to cousin Isaac for providing the silly antics behind the camera to try to get smiles out of the kids.

My parents can't seem to let a Christmas pass without a household malfunction, but Eli was all-too-happy to help Pa replace the leaking kitchen sink.

Must have been a good weekend, as everyone was zonked out on the way home