Merry Christmas

So blessed to spend holidays with my own kiddos now. Love watching these 3 wake up with delight on Christmas Morning....

Tannenbaum 2014

Cecilia lately

A broken camera, a reset phone with no backup, and a  mom and dad who are not that great at taking photos... This kid is doomed in the photography department...

That being said, here's some stuff I managed to find here and there.

She sure is adorbs, and resembles Claire a lot as a baby!

prepare for blog overload!

3 kids means I have my blog as last priority. And losing all my pics off my phone from May to October means scrounging for all the cuteness to post. Playing catch up today...

Family Photo 2014

Good old Forrest Gump summed it up well when he said,

“The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.”

There is something to be said about the way the sun hits Tucson. It  provides such a gorgeous backdrop. These were taken in Saguaro National Park... And it helps to have cute kiddos! 

Gingerbread houses...

The girls have special memories of making gingerbread houses with Grandma Susan in Reno, and it was a special treat to do it while she was here in Tucson over Thanksgiving.  This time, they could do a lot more on their own, and help make the icing. 

Thanksgiving and Polar Express

The day after Thanksgiving, we headed up to Flagstaff to go on the Polar Express. I am love with that little college town. It is green and gorgeous. We went to Cafe Rio for lunch and then to Williams to ride the train and stay the night. It was all Sharon's organizing and I am so glad she found a fun thing so close to us. Then, the next day, we stopped in downtown Flagstaff, and checked out some cute old shops. Fun times with fun family!

Thanksgiving- Part deux

We had one packed house for Thanksgiving! We cooked two turkeys, one ham, and had a bounty of food. It was days like these that I feel so blessed to be close to family, and have a great relationship/friendship with my in-laws. 

Daniel loves baby Ceci!

Greats with some of their great Grands and Grands

Daniel also LOVES cheetos (notice his shirt!) 

Christmas Card prefection

Carving the bird

the best helper! 

One full table. It tooks two pics to get mostly everyone!