Christmas 2012

Trying to catch up on the blog!  We had a wonderful Christmas!  The boys' school had a lovely Christmas pageant a week before.  Ethan's class sang "Away in a Manger"-it was the sweetest thing.  He actually participated after he found his hands in his robe at the very end of the song!  :)

We spent Christmas Eve with Jake's family:  his older brother's family with 3 girls, his sister, her husband and their baby girl, and his younger brother plus his parents!  We always open gifts on Christmas Eve so it was fun to see all the kids so excited. 

Christmas morning we opened gifts at our house with just the 4 of us.  Then we headed to my parents' house to have breakfast and open gifts.  My brother was in town from LA so it was great to see him too!

Then we went to have Christmas dinner with Jake's family again before Lauren (his sister) and her family headed back home to NC. 

The Lord has blessed our family abundantly in 2012.  We are thankful that we got to celebrate Jesus' birth with so much family!

 Ethan with his cousins Casey, Jamey, and Ava

 The whole gang, minus baby Carly who was on her way from North Carolina

 the boys playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve

Mason and his cousin Carly

 wow, more Thomas toys!!!

 Santa came!

 the boy has sooooooo many trains