More Holiday Family Time

Judah taking piano lessons from Grandpa...
Isaiah enjoying Grandpa & Grandma's new hobby horse...
Isabella's turn (she only wanted to eat the ears)...
Selah joined the 'big people' in a grab bag exchange...

Judah loved his new book with flaps- lots of cars, trucks, & tractors...

Sean and Judah love spending time together...

Dad & Mom discovered an old role of undeveloped film from years ago...many memories with the 3 boys...

Family Blessings...

Hello to all, we hope you had a wonderful family time over the holidays. We did!Sharing love with Grandpa...
...and with Grandma...
...and with cousins...

This year our family gave and received games...

...and all the kids helped open all the presents...

Selah received 'Candy Land'...
...and Judah received 'Chutes and Ladders'...
...and we even celebrated the Dutch way with treats in the shoes...

Now that's a lap full of blessings!

Fun with Grandpa...

...and singing with Grandpa!

Let it Snow!

Now, every mom looking at this post will know that it took just as much time bundling up these kids as it did enjoying the time in the snow...

Affectionate Mr. Snowman embracing Mr. Judah...

Hope you all are enjoying your winter!

The Magic of Snowflakes...

The star of David, created by God Almighty...

In the 'busy'-ness of our lives it is so refreshing to again view the magic of snow through the eyes of a child...

Do you remember the first time you rushed to the window in the morning to gaze mesmerized on the transformed landscape?

Beach buckets in december? Sure... keeps kids busy the same way sand does!

Cousins, Cousins, Everywhere...

Jacob, Helena and Isabella came over to play last week...Yeah!
Isn't she the prettiest little thing you ever did see?
Toys and books all over my floor, hardly any room for more... (I see I didn't get a picture of Pretty-in-pink Isabella, only her car seat in the background).
Judah has an attraction for mud...

I suspect he's enjoying himself!

The weather was 60 degrees just last week! Here's a shot of 'group ball'- everyone runs for the ball and the loser gets covered with mud...

Somehow, Judah always manages to find the mud...(sigh...Oxiclean, here we scrub!!)