Christmas Eve

Off to the Christmas Eve Candlelight service....Zoey's first Christmas....Abi made, and labelled, a treat for each of Santa's reindeer.........and Emily made Santa a special snack!Each of the girls left a note for Santa. Emily had a few questions that she wanted answered (like how many presents do you deliver in one night?)I just love this time of year. To see the excitement in the girls eyes is so much fun!

We just love our Christmas Break

How we love just sleeping in, relaxing, playing at home, and visiting with friends! I will never know how in the world Abi and Emily got Zoey to stay still long enough to bury her in the sandbox. Emily had Perla and Ashton over for a day of cookie decorating and gingerbread house creating.Christmas with the Julius family....It is so wonderful to have the time to be with special friends. Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family.

Emily's 4th grade "Christmas Around the World" program

The 4th grade class presented "Christmas Around the World" to their families and friends. The grade performed many songs together and then each class was given a song and poem to share.A skit about Christmas in Mexico.....Emily with her speaking part in the ABC Christmas poem....Emily, Remi, and Perla....job well done!After the production, Mr.Seneca's class made Christmas cookies from scratch. The kids had to measure the ingredients, roll out the dough, and stamp out and decorate their cookies.Brian wasn't too sure about being in a group with 2 girls....but by the end, he said that he had fun.Brianna hard at work.....After lunch, the kids did a gift exhange. If you didn't like the present you picked, you could take a present from someone else. All of the girls were too nice...they didn't take any presents from others.Emily loves 4th grade. They are always doing something fun and exciting. Thanks to Mr.Seneca for arranging this fun day for them.

Christmas Parade 2011

It was a cold wintry night in Florida....right on time for the Keystone Christmas parade. We bundled up to watch all the floats and participants. Abi walked with the FFA float, handing out candy and decorated like a present. The KHHS band.....Jennings is in there somewhere.Mr. Brown, with his bull, goose, and dog, are always a show stopper.....Abi with her bag with of treats....Abi and Anna after the parade....What a wonderful way to welcome the holidays! The parade is always so pretty and gets you in the mood for Christmas.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

If yesterday wasn't enough, here we are again, at the wee hours of the morning, on the streets of New York. My children can officially say that they have slept on the streets. We arrived on this corner at 6 am to get a front row viewing of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. The parade should be in this area around 9:30am. Alot of sitting and waiting! It is cold and the concrete is even colder.Tim and I waiting for the parade...starting to feel like sardines.Tim and Ryan ran back to the hotel to get blankets....Now they are all bundled!Playing a few hands of "21" passed the time.....All 9 nine of us waiting for the parade to begin. The first balloon.....The Sesame Street float....Cee-lo Green.....Snoopy coming down the road...Neil Diamond....After a last minute trip to Chinatown, we are on a plane headed home.... What a wonderful week! We have so many things to be thankful for...friends, family, and time to share memories together.