Happy 2nd Heavenly Birthday Abby!

This year, to celebrate Abby's 2nd heavenly birthday, we decorated lanterns and sent some love up to heaven.  The kids did a really nice job on them. Happy birthday baby girl.  We love you and miss you every day!

 Away it goes, all the way up to heaven!

Christmas 2015

We hosted Paul's family for Christmas on December 19, then my mom and dad spent Christmas day with us.  It was a very relaxed holiday this year, which was really nice.

Christmas desserts!

Wrestling with Uncle Bob

Christmas Eve mass

 Christmas morning

 I think Owen liked Hattie's new tricycle as much as she did!

 Papa and Nana got the kids a camper tent - here Papa is helping to set it up

 Peek!

 Roasting marshmallows by the camper

Holiday Programs

Owen's class put on a holiday program for us and it was very cute!  They sang songs in Spanish, sign language, about Chanukah, about Christmas and about Kwanza.  Hattie loved seeing her brother up on stage performing and danced and danced. It was ironic, because her school put on a program and every day, her teachers sent home notes saying how much she danced and had fun at practice.  But then when the real thing happened, it was at 4:30, which is a rough time of day for her.  She was crying when they walked into the church and then after crying through the first song, she sat on my lap the rest of the program.

Sitting on her teacher, Sue's lap

 This was what most of the program looked like..

 Happy that it's over and to hang out with her BFF, Charlotte

 Love that little smile!

 Showing us his classroom after the holiday program

 Hattie found books, so big brother read to her