Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's

Another Christmas has come and gone! For the first time in memory, I am not totally sick of Christmas music by December 25th. And really, I already miss all my favorite Christmas songs right about now. I'm not usually so nostalgic. Must be something about finally being content with where we are. For the first time in ten years, we've not had to travel long distances to reach family at Christmas. We hardly went anywhere, actually, aside from Rio Rancho for a few days post-Christmas. And the kids were able to do all the traditional Christmas-y things: making gingerbread cookies, decorating the tree, attending Christmas Eve services at two different churches, and unwrapping a bunch of presents Christmas morning.



For New Year's Day, we were at Grandma Pat's for brunch. I got several funny shots of all four cousins and their great-grandma. Miss Kate is figuring out how to ham it up for the camera!