Holidays in Review

We had a fun and busy December which started with two pretty snowfalls that provided just enough snow to get the sleds out.  

            

                           

We had fun making the house look festive for the season....

Time to get the Christmas cards out!  Luckily Auden was very cooperative during a "photo shoot" with Mommy in the backyard.  Unfortunately he was not as cooperative when it was time for our neighbor to take a family picture.  Oh well- you win some, you lose some!  Here is just a sampling of the material Auden gave me for the Christmas card- he is such a ham sometimes!

The Saturday before Christmas it was time to pack up and go to Rochester, New York.  But before we left, Auden had to write a letter to Santa to tell him where to find him on Christmas morning:-)  We had a great time at Nana and Pappy's house and Auden loved spending time with his second cousins.  It was a white Christmas and the few inches on the ground let us have some sledding fun on Christmas day.  It was a wonderful morning opening up presents with Nana and Pappy, Auden was one lucky boy on Christmas morning!  

Then it was off to Christmas part II in Philadelphia!  We had a nice post-Christmas get together with my brothers and their families and Great-Grandmom (GG).  We also had fun taking cousin Reegan with us to the Franklin Institute with Grammy and Grandpop.  It was a fun time and we only managed to lose the kids for a few seconds here and there:-)  The rest of the time at Grammy and Grandpop's was relaxing which was very nice.

  

With the car filled to the brim and Auden coming down with a virus, it was time to hit the road and finally come back to Virginia.  It was a fun-filled eight days with all of our family but we were excited to get home for New Year's.  Since a few of our friends and neighbors were still looking for somewhere to ring in the New Year we decided last minute to host a small party.  Unfortunately Auden's virus put a bit of a damper on it, but I was able to put him to bed by 9pm and we still had fun with a few friends.  It was great to finally break in the basement bar since Cody just finished the work on the basement two months ago during the government shut-down.
  

Happy New Year to all!  We are greatly looking forward to an awesome 2014 and pray it will be filled with good health, happiness and a new addition to our family!