Well, for those who know me, I am a true believer in celebrating Christmas, as the birth of Jesus Christ! But, since I have been an absent blogger, I am adding Thanksgiving pictures to our two Christmas celebrations, so the title "Holidays."
Chris, Kim, Jack and Natalie stayed with us for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful meal with Kim's family. Of course Conley came often to play with Jack and a tractor ride is always on Jack's mind.
We got a couple great family pictures, and Natalie is in both families! She's just such a magnet! After all, it was Natalie's first time to celebrate Uncle Mike and Aunt Joy's birthdays.
A visit to Colorado is always full of adventure. After a challenging ride over Rabbit Ears Pass we arrived safely to Dan and Angie's Christmas house. The first evening, all the children helped with the gingerbread house. The finished product is seen above.
The next day was sliding in a neighborhood, and a living nativity.
I was surprised when I took a solo ride on the saucer, picked up speed and did an airborne flip landing on my head. I really need to learn to act my age!
After church on Sunday and nap time, we opened gifts and enjoyed a wonderful dinner.
The children are all dressed up for a Christmas party at daddy's work.
After a dance performance by Claire and her dance class and as guest reader at Hudson and Claire's pre-school, we traveled back to Michigan.
It's Christmas! Mike and Chris and their families joined us on Christmas morning for breakfast and opening gifts. So where are all my pictures? Maybe it was caused by the medication fog I was in for my root canal problems. Well, its all about the children who are our great joy givers! Happy 2011, my blog viewers!
3 comments:
What a fabulous Christmas season! I wish you had a video of your sleigh ride! I heard it was a dramatic anc captivating scene!!
Fran, what a fun filled season you had. Your sled ride was the talk when the children came to TN. You must have made a big impression. So glad you were able to have Christmas with all of your children and grandchildren even though it was spread out over several weeks. Thanks for always making those pictures to share with us.
Great to see pics of the rest of the fam. Looks like you had a wonderful December, glad you were able to make it out.
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