Getting Ready for Christmas

It's almost time for Santa to come...

Hayley in her red Christmas outfit.

Collin in front of the tree. (Look at all those presents!)

Collin and Sherry.

Kristi, Alethia, Mike, Collin, and Hayley at a local church's Christmas festival.

Collin and Mike making bread at the church festival.

Hayley making a sheep!

Collin and Mike topping the big Christmas in the living room.

Collin in front of the tree.

We got a little bit of snow a few weeks ago. (It's melted now; we're having a warm winter.) Here's Hayley helping to shovel.

Hayley and Collin go sledding.

Yes, that's Hayley swinging in the snow.

Collin helping to decorate the basement tree.

Alethia decorating.

Hayley decorating.

Sherry and the kids decorating the tree.

Sherry and Judah decorating.

Alethia and Mike putting the angel on the tree.

Sherry and Judah.

Hayley and Alethia riding the big stuffed horse.

Collin decorating Christmas cookies.

Hayley decorating cookies.

Collin reading a book to Hayley.

Collin and Hayley playing in a box with funny hats on.

That's three Santa hats on Collin's head.

Hayley and Collin playing in a box full of Styrofoam peanuts. Fun!

Family Christmas Pictures

Here are our "official" Christmas photos of our various family units this year... and a few outtakes, as well. (All photographs by Sherry.)

Mike and Sherry.

Amy, Joe, Collin, and Hayley.

Kristi, Tof, Alethia, and Judah.

Silly faces. 

A nice black and white shot.

Amy and Collin.

Amy and Hayley.

Tof and Judah.

Kristi and Alethia.

Tof and Kristi.

Holidazzle!

Sunday night we all headed downtown to watch the big Holidazzle parade. The kids loved it!

Mike and Collin.

Collin, Hayley, and Sherry.

Collin, Hayley, and Judah.

Kristi, Tof, and Alethia.

Mike and Judah.

Tof and Alethia.

Kristi and Judah. 

Tof, Judah, Jim, and Kristi.

Judah likes his hot chocolate!

Collin, Alethia, and Hayley.

Some of the Holidazzle floats...

It's all about the lights.

A gingerbread house. 

Collin's favorite, a pirate ship with Captain Hook.

Indiana Trip Part 5

Thanksgiving over, we headed back to the hotel and got ready to drive back home.

Collin and Batman in the hotel room.

Mike and the kids in the hotel pool.

Hayley crawled herself all the way around the pool.

Collin is now tall enough to stand and walk around the shallow end of the pool. 

Guess where we ate lunch on the way home?

The whole gang at Steak n Shake.

 

"What would you like to eat, Hayley?"

Tof got the job of assembling the cardboard cars.