Holiday Magic

Tonight after dinner we bundled up the gang, snow pants and all and went to Brookfield Zoo's Holiday Magic. This was the first time we'd ever braved the cold to go and check it out. It was really pretty and everybody had a lot of fun. There were Christmas lights everywhere and spotlights of snowflakes and candy canes and such projected onto the buildings. Josh didn't want to leave because he liked the musical light show so much. We saw a few animals out, but it was about 21 degrees, so not too many. We did see the male and female lions, the tiger, and some of the animals in the Children's Zoo. Now we're home and thawing out...maybe the kids will sleep in!

Christmas Day

The Photos of Christmas begin...

Family Photo Time

Today we did our yearly family photo shoot...only this year, it actually went WELL! The studio wasn't crowded, the kids didn't cry, the pics came out cute, what more could you ask...?Here are a couple of them courtesy of JCP...

Singing at Church

This morning at church, Hannah, Josh, and Ryan got to go on stage and sing with their classes. They were so excited! Right before we got to church, Hannah said she was scared, but by the time we saw her on stage, she was great! They all did so well. Here's a video...

After church, Hannah got to go to one of her preschool friend's birthday parties at Build-a-Bear Workshop at the mall. She had such a good time being with her little friends and building her own bear complete with ballerina clothes. She named her bear Flowers (because one of her friends name hers Flowers too).

Last night, Pat and I went to a Christmas Party while my friend Ellen watched the kids, so it's been a busy, but fun weekend!