Christmas pics at last

Christmas is such a magical time of year. I love being busy, having lots of parties, and just being with friends and family. The girls are at a perfect age. Lucy was a little more into it...a little confused at how Santa and Jesus both came on Christmas. She loved the opening of gifts, not really realizing what came inside. Kadence peeled off the paper very slowly, and not until every piece of paper was off did she even care to look at what was under it. Lucy taught Kady to say "ho-ho-ho", which was usually said with much gusto.

We celebrated as a family Christmas morning, then headed to Kalamazoo for Christmas day, spent the night, and Saturday headed to Holland. We are very blessed to have all of our families together and to get along so well!

I almost feel bad that these are the only pictures I got of our family together. It was so fun to watch the girls open their gifts....(or maybe it was the taking toys out of packages that was so time consuming) I know there is a little video. Regardless I cherish these moments.

Gingerbread house making with daddy Christmas eve

Our enormous tree

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

Kady opened her candy cane of m&m's by putting them under the bathroom door to break the plastic...I'm not sure if it was accidental or purposeful, but either way she had them gone before I even realized that it had been opened. (she insisted on her boots and hat all morning before we left for Grandma's!)