Getting ready for Christmas!

It was a cool evening...a nice reminder of doing this in Boulder for so many years. 

We all got into the groove and got the lights up...well I took the pics, Aunt Lizzie, Rich and the kiddos did all the design and work.  It looks quite festive! 

 

 

 

Decorating the front yard!

We didn't have a pool house in Boulder to decorate though...fun!

The kiddos with Aunt Lizzie and Rich

Our tree...this was done in record time too.  It was up and decorated in about 15 minutes!

Even the girls' girls are getting ready for Christmas

Z's buddies are set as well!

Thanksgiving 2010

The Table!  The kiddos were the first to fill their plates and were trying to wait patiently for the rest of the group to join. 

Aunt Liz and Rich...We are thrilled to have them back in Florida with us!

 

After dinner fun!  Throwing the football around in the empty lot between our house and the neighbors.  It belongs to the neighbors but they have graciously allowed us to use it.

It was a great day to be outside.  The weather was beautiful...perfect for some toss.

We all got into the fun...I still got it!

The gang!  After this, it was dessert time! 

I am so very THANKFUL!

"These are a few of my favorite Christmas things!"

We all have Christmas decorations that we love and every year when they get unwrapped it's always like, well...Christmas.  But I am sure we all also have our favorite ones...I definitely do.  

This was an old postcard I found in an antique store.  I used a cute holiday fabric and adhered it to the mat, then did the same with the postcard.  The frame makes it perfect though! 

This is Katia's and she adores him!  He is pretty handsome.

For the ever important Christmas cookies!

Our family's favorite holiday treat...Cranberry Bread.  I could eat this all year but the cranberries disappear soon after the holidays!

All wedding gifts from our December wedding 19 years old ago! 

I have many silk poinsettia stems that I place all over...I love them so much!  They look amazingly real too.

My favorite...my kiddos!  The joy just shines through them!

Happy Holidays to all!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Dad couldn't have found a more loving wife...

Lori, Donna and I couldn't have had a better Mom...

Max, Noah, Daniel, Katia, Zander and Lilijana couldn't have gotten more lucky than to you for a Grandma!

We are all so blessed!
Happy Birthday Mom...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Sand sculpture Fun on Anna Maria Island!

One more joy of being close to the beach...

Sand sculptures!

There were some amazing ones but the kiddos loved this alien sculpture a lot!

Yes...this is all sand

The joys of the beach!!