We had a great Christmas, with glimpses of what our future will be like with 5 kids clamoring for all that the holidays entail. With just Violet and Jack, we made for a very good year for eggnog producers. This year we also managed to decorate sugar cookies with the kids; maybe next year a gingerbread house - or village of houses depending on how many little hands want to join in.

My grandma got the kids matching jammies and, after several attempts and one bribe , we snapped a useable picture. Thank goodness for digital cameras otherwise we would have rolls and rolls of outakes.

We did not (and still have not) been able to take the kids to the Christmas tree farm to chop down our own tree. This is a treasured memory from my childhood so maybe next year...