SNOW.....

 We loved the snow...

Gabe and Ella could have lived in it and Liam was a little unsure it!

Liam was a little unsure of the cold white stuff!

Snowball FIGHT!

Christmas Day...

 Christmas day was perfect...

We did nothing!

We stayed in our jammies and visited all day.

We had leftovers for lunch, took long naps, and snacked!

Nanna gave the kiddos a bucket of fun crafting stuff....

 

 Lunch time....

It was a wonderful day..

Lengacher Christmas....

 Love this family as well....

We once again had an AMAZING spread of food!

Our bellies were full, we took pictures, visited, laughed, and enjoyed opening presents.

And for some reason I took the night off of taking pictures, eek!

The crew...

The Gals....

The Men...

Uncle Don joined in on the fun...

Loved this picture... My husband is obsessed with big cats. 

He is determined to see one around here one day.

My parents decided to thrill him with this mask!

He was excited, trust me!

I love watching him get excited!

Liam got this shape sorter and I am amazed that he has already mastered it!

Blessed once again with a wonderful evening with good fellowship and Amazing Family.

Gabe and Ella were excited that we were ending the night with a sleepover with Nanna and Nanno!

Our Christmas...

 Next in line was our Christmas...

This year Andre and I started a tradition that is a... forever one.

We decided to only buy each kid three presents.

We based the number three off of the three presents that baby Jesus got on his birthday.

It gave us a wonderful chance to explain the reason for the season.

I would also like to think that if this is our tradition, when they get older, 

there will be no questions as to why not more!?!

Mr Liam was pretty into opening his presents!

Gabe was pretty excited about his new rain boots!

Ella was excited about some girly stuff... earrings and nail polish!

This little boy had been asking for a guitar for quite some time,

He has completely amazed me with it.

He sits and litsens to Andre when he teachs him, he stands in front of the computer

 (listening to music) strumming the strum patterns he has learned, and is more then

ready to learn more.  I had no clue he would be that interested, excited to know that we 

might have a little guitar player on our hands!

Liam was supper pumped to see a book with Curious George in it!

And food.... if there is a snack of some kind then he is one happy camper!

It is such joy to watch these kiddos learn and grow.