December 2012

 One week in December, we're allowed to go in and observe the girls' dance classes (and take pictures, video, etc) - it was a challenge being non-disruptive while running back and forth between the two classrooms.

We had family pictures done (ours were 2 years old and Alee had no hair-definitely in need of an update!) - Naomi Jennings took them. We had a few stubborn moments (especially with the two youngest), but she was good and got them to cooperate enough - here are my favorites.

(I didn't want to bore you with a long page of my family pictures, so I did crop and collage the rest.)

Rob's parents took all of us to the Great Wolf Lodge for a family vacation (12 of us). It was so fun...Natalie was sick for pretty much all of it - she started perking up the day we left. Too bad. Maybe we'll have to save up and go again in a couple years. Seth and Carolyn were in heaven with all the available activities!

Then, we finished off Christmas at the Venus house - decorating for Christmas, painting a new nativity set, and getting fun electronics, which  made the car ride home a breeze. My niece warmed right up to both of us.

We had new year's eve with my parents.