One Last Christmas Post

Every year either the weekend before or after Christmas, my cousin, Jackie, hosts some of my moms's side of the family at her house for a family get together. We have lunch and sit around visiting all afternoon while the kids are busy playing. Every year there are more and more little ones and little ones on the way. Rose, Jackie, Michelle and Hadley sat down for a 4 generations picture. We have the same picture from about 30 years ago when Michele was a baby. That picture was of my Grandma Emma, Rose, Jackie and Michelle. Brooke and Julie were the expectant mothers this year and Julie just had her baby girl, Evelyn, a few days ago.

Snow Days

We've had only 1 good snow this winter that lasted a few days and luckily we had some sunshine along with it so we were able to get outside and play. Even Henry joined in the fun and absolutely loved it. He is such an outdoorsman. One afternoon we played in the backyard and then a couple days later we got a little more snow and took the kids sledding at a nearby park. Dan took about 2 weeks off work around the holidays and we all enjoyed having him home with us.

Magnolia was having so much fun sledding. She kept going again and again. Boothe was a little scared coming down the hill but not enough to stop her. What did stop her was getting so tired climbing back up the hill. Henry would start laughing when he got going fast. We have a infant sled with a seat buckle and a rope to pull the sled with so Dan was busy pulling Henry down the hill that way. The hill wasn't very steep so it was easy enough to jog down. Maybe we will get another nice snowfall this winter still and we can go out again to sled. I beginning to wonder why these kids have snowsuits to only use a couple times a year!

December cousins

And here is the last month of a year of pictures of Henry and Raife. Now that Henry is a year, we will take plenty of photos of these boys over their childhoods and beyond but we can't expect monthly pictures together for the rest of their lives! It's been an interesting year trying to take these pictures. When I get the chance in the next couple of weeks I will make a post with all of the 12 pictures of the boys together over the past year.