Christmas Recap: Christmas Cuties

Awfully cute boys, if I do say so myself.

Christmas Recap: Christmas Day

 Here are a few more photos from Christmas. Stay tuned next week for some of the cutest photos ever.

Ollie and one of his many new doggies

Love this one. 

Rody was a hit.

Because the boxes were such a hit, we decided to add lights and turn one into a space ship.  Ellis is looking at the stars through his telescope. :)

Christmas Recap: The Lead-Up

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We had a really nice Christmas with our family--lots of good food, tons of presents, and just enough viral illness to keep everyone on their toes. We started our festivities on Christmas Eve Eve (the 23rd, in other words), and here are some of my favorite shots:

A Christmas tradition: family photos by the fireplace

I took about a dozen of these, and not one turned out. This is my favorite outtake, though.

Present opening

Cookware! I love it!

Yes, that's my foot. And genuine laughter.

Oliver and Great-Aunt Sheila playing in styrofoam packaging

You know what they say--the kids' favorite toys are boxes

Most moving Christmas moment: my mom opened a necklace my brother made her from some of the only items recovered from their house fire. It's a necklace made from remnants of my great-great-grandmother's silverware. The comic relief, of course, is that my stepfather beside her is obliviously tickled about his new coffee mugs. 

I think Logan even got a little choked up. He gives the most thoughtful gifts. And he's crafty to boot.  

Ohmigoodness

Our family is so well-loved. So well-loved it's ridiculous. We made the Christmas trip to my hometown with two carloads of presents and suitcases, came home with both cars filled to the brim (even though we gave away the presents we came with), and then wrapped up the week with two more holiday gatherings and another carload full of toys. Today is our first day back to reality...which includes figuring out where we're going to put all this stuff. My New Year's resolution is to get organized, so this will be the first test of my resolve!

I'm going to take one more day to get things in order, and will post a Christmas summary here over the next few days. Now I just have to sort through hundreds of Christmas photos...

In the meantime, enjoy a cell phone photo of Oliver and Rody, one of the million gifts we received!