Winter 2016

I rarely blog these days and I even considered stopping all together since I mainly use Instagram as a way of preserving pictures and memories of our family.  However, there are times I really want to show more than one or two pictures and I want to write a little more than a sentence or two about what we're up to.

A few months ago we went camping with a group of friends to Gifford Pinchot State Park.  It was a beautiful park, but it was one of the coldest weekends of the season.

 

 Adam's soccer team ended their season undefeated!

 We dressed up as bees, a bee keeper and a queen bee for the halloween party at Springhaven Woods.

 We carved pumkins in the smokehouse. 

 Mike and I went to the annual Autos and Ales even at the Hershey Museum and had so much fun with friends.

 We put up our Christmas tree before Thanksgiving because that's how I like to do it:)

 Thanksgiving morning we went on a hike with friends and family.

 We enjoyed our Thanksgiving meal here at our house eating at our new dining room table. 

 We celebrated Lala's birthday...

 We had breakfast with Santa at the Sacred Heart church...

 Adam was Zachariah in our church's Christmas pageant.

 Adam wrote many, many, many letters to Santa asking for a kitten for Christmas.

 The boys baked cookies with Nana Way.

 We passed out meals and hot chocolate to families in our area on Christmas Eve morning.

 We had such a wonderful time with family over Christmas.

A special visit from Santa on Christmas Eve!

Matching Christmas jammies from Aunt Phran.  Such a special tradition and so adorable watching them all run around and play in their jammies.

Reading Twas the Night Before Christmas with the boys.

Santa must have listened to all of Adam's letters because he brought not just one, but two, kittens on Christmas morning.  They are naughty at times, but soooooo cute and cuddly.  Santa could not have picked better kittens:)

Tipsy and Rory

Owen sleeping with Rory

 The day after Christmas we had my dad's side over for our annual Christmas dinner.  It was so nice catching up with everyone.  We tried to get a few pictures.

We had a special visit from Paige and the girls. 

We are looking forward to 2017!  Happy New Year!