The holidays have been jam packed with visits to both sides of the family and another one planned in a few weeks. We also tried our hand at making our annual holiday party a family affair - we moved the day to a Saturday and moved the time to a post-nap pre-bed time frame. We had nearly 50 people come through the house that day and we all survived, so I'd say it went well. We learned it definitely took more planning to include the kids, but it was worth it as we all had a great time (and nobody had to find a babysitter!). We'll have to see whether we can pull it off next year as 7 of the kids that were here will be closer to toddlers by that point. Yikes!
We were able to visit both sides of the family during the holidays as well, with another visit scheduled in a few weeks. Both kids love being with Grandpa and Grandma so we hope to keep those visits regular in the coming year.
And now for the photo dump!
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| Practicing her sitting on the couch - she's a pro at it now! |
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| One cold & snowy Sunday night, we'd all been inside too much so decided to take a walk around our neighborhood to look at holiday lights. She was rosy afterwards but she didn't complain at all! |
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| This guy loved the walk! The pics I took of him during the walk didn't turn out but you can just tell from this smile! |
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| We visited the children's museum with Grandpa & Grandma Stalder - driving the crane with Grandpa. |
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| Shopping in the grocery store.... |
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| Alice playing at the Children's museum. |
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| Playing with the water and balls. This kid had a blast! |
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| This is Alice's favorite expression right now....you'll see it in the next photo as well. |
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| It's typically a sign that she's happy:) |
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| Christmas morning was great with both kids. Evan tried to help Alice unwrap her presents but she took care of it herself. |
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| After 10 minutes or so, she had this one unwrapped. |
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| Evan helped shovel snow Christmas morning too. |
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| Alice enjoyed the snow too, I think. |
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| We went bowling for Daddy's birthday. Evan's classic post-bowl pose. He almost beat mommy this day:) |
