Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with Lee's family, at his Aunt Margie's house, as we do every year.  I have to say, this was the most fun I've ever had at this event.  The girls are old enough to keep track of their own gifts so it was just fun to watch them and all of the little ones tear through their gifts.  Watching Alison's kids and Matt's kids was especially exciting as they are all at that prime age for Christmas excitement.

We took a few photos before we headed out to the festivities!

Emily is the selfie queen (above and two below)

Legend has it that there used to be even more gifts under the tree on Christmas Eve but this is the most I've ever seen.

As Alison said, the kids were "vibrating with excitement".

Christmas Eve Morning

We had the chance to spend Christmas with Mike, Kelly, Felix and Theo as they came back east for the first time during the holidays.  Even though Theo was a bit under the weather, we had such a great time with them.  After a few minutes of awkwardness, the kids picked up where the left off and got along so well.  They are conspirators and friends, despite the age difference, and the fact that they rarely see each other and have very little in common.  We had dinner and watched a movie together our first day in NH, and then enjoyed opening presents together on the morning of Christmas Eve.  It was a morning filled with laughter and joy, and a few tears of remembrance.

June Odds and Ends

A few odds and ends from June:

Just a girl and her dog. 

Nothing like trying a new flavor of DD Coolata!

The girls picked out this shirt for Lee for Father's Day months ago and begged me to get it for him.  It was a hit! 

Aunty Kathy and Uncle Peter have chickens!!! 

With Felix and Theo

Happy to get Instagram as a birthday gift.

Nature in our yard.

There are so many rabbits in our neighborhood this year.  Found these guys hanging out in the garden.

Not my zoom lens - I got super close to this guy before he took off.

Family Time

Lee's brother and his family came out for a visit last week and so we made the trip up to New Hampshire to spend some time with them, and Grammy and Grampy, at the lake.  We had a great time, playing catch, riding around the lake on the pontoon boat and fishing.  The cousins had a good time together - you would never know that they haven't seen each other in two years!

A little game of football.

The "original" LeBlancs.

The Arizona LeBlancs

Uncle Mike and Auntie Kelly brought the girls ukuleles for their birthdays.

Learning how to tune their new instruments.

When they discovered a milk snake, they had to call Lee to the rescue.

Fishing with Grammy.

Love this photo. She may have my craziness, but she's all Lee when it comes to nature and science.

Emily - in a nutshell.

They both caught a fish!!!