Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Christmas Part 3

We were supposed to go up to Ft Wayne to do Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Abbott at their house a few days after Christmas but they got sick that weekend so we had another Christmas celebration at our house on New Years Eve!


 Cara was ready for more surprises
 Will was so excited to have more presents!



 Aunt Cyndi celebrated too



 Cara's BIG present!
 She got her very own telescope that maybe one of these days it will be warm enough to go outside and use
Will enjoyed having a big box to play in!

Thank you for another wonderful Christmas!

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Christmas At The Zoo

Our December calendar filled up quick and we didn't make it to Christmas at the Zoo before Christmas so we decided to go one evening right after Christmas when it wasn't too cold to be outside!

 We went with Grandma and Grandpa Fox and cousins Vince and Charlotte

 The whole gang
 This bear was very busy and entertaining, he apparently loved this weather and showing off for a crowd


Time to go inside and decorate cookies and make crafts!  This is the building where Santa usually is so it was not crowded at all since he was already gone for the year!

Christmas 2013

If only these pictures could do justice to the glee and giddiness of the kids opening their presents!  Pure joy and love!  Made my heart happy to watch the joy in their eyes with getting presents they so desired!

Cara and Will found the bag of Santa goodies
Will loved his Mickey Mouse clubhouse playset while Cara was finding her "Frozen" dolls
Cara with a smile as big as possible as she discovered a new Ipad from Santa
Can you tell she is a bit excited?
And Mommy was so happy that Santa got her exactly what she wanted most!
Again standing on boxes

And again box dancing



Our children lovingly slept in until almost 9am since we had them up late for "midnight" mass (mass was actually at 10pm) but we got them in bed at almost midnight!  

Love love love memories like the ones made today!  Next year Will will have a better understanding and be even more interested but just watching their happy faces made this a magical day!  Scott, Cara and Will spoiled me with new clothes and jewelry and we got Scott new clothes and gift cards for more new clothes since all of his clothes are way TOO BIG!  Way!  Congrats on the weight loss Scott, so proud of you!

We shared our Christmas day with Grandma and Grandpa Abbott and Aunt Cyndi!  We watched movies and feasted on a giant breakfast brunch and later in the day had a turkey feast!  I guess I never got the camera out again to document our day but we had a terrific day celebrating the birth of Jesus!

Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Eve with the Foxes

It is tradition to do Christmas with my brothers and their families at our parents house on Christmas Eve!  They never disappoint with a fabulous Christmas celebration and dinner!


The tree is loaded with lots of presents for all of us!
Oscar, Dillon and Amy
Joe
Michael and Lisa
Scott and Vince
captured a sweet hug with Grandma and Charlotte!
Present time!
Grandpa helping Will open one of his presents

Scott grabbed the camera from me so I could be in a picture


Cara loves with faux fur wrap from Grandma
Will thought Oscar needed tackled


Will dressed up for the day
Will loved to stand on top of the boxes, he didn't care what was inside just wanted to jump on them
What makes my 7 year old happy? Itunes gift cards!

Thanks Mom and Dad for a magical wonderful Christmas!  Love you both so much!

Monday, December 16, 2013

It's A Snow Day!

 We finally got a measurable snow that was perfect packing snow!

 Frosty is coming to life!



Frosty our snowman is over 6 foot tall and so fun!  Good job Daddy and Cara on making such a great snowman!