Family Shots

One Sunday afternoon...all was nice outside, 

so we did a little backyard photo shoot.

~SOPHIE~

~AMIE~

~LEVI~

~LINDSEY~

~JON & LINDSEY~

~FAMILY~

This is where Sophie got out of sorts...

...and took off running!

Daddy chased her!

She fell...face first!

Really NOT happy now!

I did ask her if it was OK for me to put these in here!  

She said yes!

*Fun in the Snow*

We  FINALLY had snow that stayed for awhile!

Levi digs in to help go faster!

And....that's the end of the ride!  

From the hot tub..... 

...to snow angels! 

Isaiah 40:28-31

"Have you not known?  

Have you not heard?  

The Lord is the everlasting God, 

the Creator of the ends of the earth.  

He does not faint or grow weary;

his understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the faint,

and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Even youths shall faint and be weary,

and young men shall fall exhausted;

BUT

they who wait for the Lord 

shall renew their strength; 

they shall mount up with wings 

like eagles; 

they shall run and not be weary;

they shall walk and not faint.

God allowed us to see these beautiful, 

majestic birds He created, fairly up close!   

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

~CHRISTMAS EVE~

The hot wings were finger-licking good!

Fun to combine fancy glasses and kids!

Uncle Tyler and Hunter

Pajama Hunt....

Sophie picked dinosaurs for Isaac!

From Phinneas and Isaac....

Ana made the cutest pajama bottoms for Sophie and Amie!  

Girls love them!

Amie picked a monkey

union suit looking sleepwear for Hunter!

Tyler models Phinneas' Star Wars from Hunter!

Handsome Lyman men!

What's next?

Jenny made homemade playdough for each of the kids.  

I tell ya, I have industrious, creative daughters (in-laws)!

Hunter loves the paper!

Levi got a bike lock!  

works as a neck ornament also!

Great- Grandpa and Isaac

Makin' music!

Snowballs!

Ana had the LAST nub of a candle standing and still burning!

Taking their sleeping bags to sleep by the Christmas tree.

Sleep tight!

~CHRISTMAS DAY~

Jordan and Hannah joined the crew sleeping by the tree, 

sometime in the night! 

Hmmm...will just let it go at that! 

The tree ornaments interest Hunter! 

Father/Son 

Stockings  

The toothbrush lights up! 

Levi likes puzzles!

This ought to keep him busy for a while/

There are only 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possibilities! 

That's 43 quintillion..........

Horses are the hit this year! 

Trav and Jen 

Jordan and Hannah 

Cuddle-Ups are a hit too...

they can be warmed in the microwave 

and taken to your cold bed! 

Company for dinner

family and friends! 

Voluntary dishes crew! 

Time to kick the kids outside for some exercise and fresh air! 

Shovels worked pretty well,

in the absence of sleds!

Great Grampy and Hunter 

Songs to our King,

 whose birth brings us together in celebration in the first place! 

New keepers of Dwobknock for the coming year! 

Down-right tired!

Siblings who brush together..... 

Auntie Sophie looking at books with Hunter! 

And ALL TOO SOON it was over,

and family had to go home!