Christmas

The VI Christmas was at Into the Woods this year again!

all the ladies

crazy faces

Uncle Tom and all the kiddos before their annual scavenger hunt!

the ladies having some moonshin

kole fam

VI kids

what’s a party without a saran wrap ball?

kids coloring

and the kids standing in the spot where we’ll put the Christmas tree

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getting out the decorations

taking a quick break to read a Christmas book he found in one of the boxes

and the star on top

straightening out the tree skirt

and the traditional santa suit….(this is a stretchy 18 mo santa suit i bought for 90% off at Target one year…this might be the last year for someone! we’ll see! )

and now it’s owen’s turn…what a good sport!!!

she had to put it back on…

Kole family christmas party

and the gum drop tree

ginger bread houses

playing heads up with uncle paul

the bar maid that will be hidden in the saran ball at our friends party

prepping for real ones

our Christmas card this year

kids classroom parties

syd and i made ornament cookies for her party

they had a yule log and everything

and trying to be two places at once wasn’t easy…gingerbread houses in owen’s class

downtown to see santa

lou wasn’t too sure

he LOVED the snow though!

so pretty

opening gifts from each other on Christmas Eve

I think she’s kind of excited

ornaments

yay! books for my little reader

excited!

thanks, Papa

Lovin his new jammies

papa’s clown…we like to go to Goodwill and get hideous gifts for each other!

kids and their jammies

Christmas morning!! I totally didn’t get a pic of them by the fireplace with milk and cookies for santa this year! oops!

look at all that loot santa brought

homemade ornaments from each kiddo and local honey! yum

 

pretty proud of this notebook…santa somehow got his cool drawing made into the cover!

papa and his kids (nice vest)

tower of gifts!

obligatory selfie

the aftermath

off to grans we go

opening her mermaid tail that Aunt Katy made

uncle nathan driving the barbie car

modeling!

now at grandma and grandpas…checking out Syd’s ruby stone thing

trying  to see what’s inside…they had to chip away at it and get to the stone in the middle

hangin out in their new Big Joe chairs