Good-bye 2014....

January.

February.

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

December.

movie night

My parents had all the kids out for pizza and a movie (and some serious rounds of Bingo, I hear)...nothing better than 11 kids settled in for a cozy night.

snow days!

It may not have been a very white Christmas but a few days later, we got a nice load of snow that has stuck around and these kids have been sledding non-stop.

It's possible they do it for the hot cocoa.

Road Trip!

We hit the road for a little post-Christmas road trip to Spokane for some Red Robin, pool fun, and the sheer enjoyment of all six of us sharing one room.  Some of us love that part more than others.

game day.

And a little Trader Joe's for snacks for the road.

Surprise!

Henry found this gift hiding behind the tree when we got home Christmas night and it was for him!

Christmas round 5

Then we headed to the Driskills for Christmas day:

cutest Santa ever.

a Seahawks Christmas.

sometimes you're too tired to eat sitting up

Henry could not wait to break into this whole setup

These two lazy bums rallied later for a sunny game of football:

And we ended with a huge, yummy ham dinner!  

Christmas round 4

We started the morning with hot chocolate, cookies, and the Bible story.

Crazy present face.

Sea-hawks.

Cooper eats wrapping paper so he had to entertain himself out here.

(that little dusting was it for our white Christmas!)

best gift ever.

all geared up.

Christmas round 3

My favorite part of Christmas is Christmas Eve.  It's the peaceful point in the middle...we've opened presents and celebrated with the cousins and we know the next morning will bring more fun and presents but in the meantime we have the Christmas Eve service and a quiet dinner at home:

This is what you get when you tell Henry he has to smile big before he can eat.

(he still can't wait till it's served)

All is calm, all is bright: 

4:30 Christmas Eve

still in our jammies.

Christmas round 2

The morning of the 24th, we meet the cousins in the Rosauers parking lot and head back out for presents!  and food!  and fun!

The kids open first: 

and then we send them off to play so we can get down to business: 

This year it was pouring when we left our house but by the time we got to grandma's, it was snowing and so beautiful!  (we drove back into the rain on the way home and the kids said it was like we'd been in a snow globe!)

Then we eat.  These boys are fans of that.

And we had a special Nativity presentation: 

Started with caroling.

Can you stand those sweet faces?

Joseph there in the middle charged the director a dollar to be in the play but you can see he warmed up nicely to the role.

And that is sweet baby Jesus there behind him.  Which reminds me, a couple hours into the present opening, I mentioned how awesome the kids all were and a minute later a report comes down the stairs that Henry had eaten the gold coins that were supposed to be the wise man's gold in the upcoming play!  He's still a work in progress.

What a perfect morning!