Merry Christmas

Christmas morning in our house was filled with excitement as we hit the jackpot with gifts for the girls.  The looks on their faces say it all!

Santa came!

Waiting anxiously for Mommy to brew coffee and Daddy to walk the dogs.

Not sure why they love this new chair so much!

Rock growing kit from Santa.

Kindle Fire from Mommy and Daddy.

Camera from Mommy and Daddy.

Christmas Fondant

Elizabeth is completely hooked on fondant and made two different Christmas desserts that featured her works of art.

Christmas Eve

We spent the majority of Christmas Eve in New Hampshire - visiting friends, attending mass at the church we grew up in and then celebrating with Lee's extended family.  It was a long and exhausting day, but totally worth it.  There is nothing like the comfortable conversation between old friends, the familiarity of the vigil mass, and the love and affection of family. 

With Ethan and Owen

Maureen and Janet

Showing Grammy how to play Angry Birds on the iPad.

Aunt Margie's beautiful tree.

Too excited about gifts to sit still!

 Paint supplies!

Crafts!

Kisses from Aunt Denise.

Fondant storage - this girl is serious about her fondant!

Nail polish!

She refers to this book daily.

A new fish tank!

Annual girls and boys pictures....

 

Late night.

Goodbye Nick!

Nick's last few days with us in 2015:

We found Nick hanging out on our holiday night light on Sunday.

Nick brought decorative EOS - the girls' favorite - on Monday.  

Nick was caught up in the fireplace screen on Tuesday.

Nick was just hanging out on Wednesday.

As he is every year, Nick was in the tree on Christmas Eve, ready to return to the North Pole with Santa.  Until next year....