Well, it's been a busy few days and Christmas with my family is still to come! We delayed Christmas until my Dad, Andrew's girlfriend Ali and my grandfather would all be here so that's in a couple of days still.

In the meantime, Jack and Hannah had their class parties (Henry fit right in with Jack's class!) and Hannah bid farewell to her teacher who is retiring. She'll have a new teacher when she returns in the new year.

Christmas Eve and morning were spent in our own house with the kids wild and excited. I don't think Henry knew quite what he was in for but he sure caught on to opening presents quickly!

Christmas dinner was in Windsor with Jason's family. We drove down and back in the same day, but it was great to have everyone together and Mary made a wonderful meal! It was so nice for all the kids to play together too and since Hannah got a camera for Christmas, she had all the cousins lined up for a group shot with the camera set on timer...I'll have to wait for her film to post any photos from Windsor as Jason was taking video and Hannah film so I left my camera in the car.

Today was quieter with an amazing walk in the woods with my brother and sister and Hannah. It's hard to believe it's December! Hannah was so excited to be out without her brothers and to have adult attention all to herself and especially to get muddy! That girl loves the dirt! We walked for 2 hours and were all a little tired by the time we got home. It takes Andrew coming to visit for me to know that there's a path through the woods only 2 minutes from my house!!

Tonight Mom & Andrew, Eri, Mike & Bennett came over and we put all the kids to bed so that the adults could have a few drinks and play some games. We missed Dad but he is finally home and recovering well!

Merry Christmas everyone!
~ Dana