The Holidays

Happy holidays!  I'm a bit relieved they're nearly over! 

--THANKSGIVING--

We had a great Thanksgiving in Phoenix with all (but 2) of the Hammond Family!  That's 39 people!

Avery's "talent" was running around during everyone else's talents for the talent show.  She and Henry really had fun together!

Lydia wanted to see how many relatives she could sleep on this vacation. ;)

 

   

 

This was the BEST Thanksgiving!  We played volley-ball, kick-ball, and ran around to really earn our turkey and pies.  Libby took me on an 8 mile run Thanksgiving morning too!  (She told me it was 4 miles and it nearly killed me, lol!)

--DECEMBER--

It's already snowed a ton this year, hooray!  I don't mind the snow, even though I would love to move to the beach. :)  Time to get my ski gear whipped into shape.

 

We have all been sick way too much this year.  I just feel like I have thrown up SO MANY times...  Avery and Lydia have had the flu, plenty of colds, and they just got over hand-foot-mouth and it's been awful.  Even Todd has been sick a lot, which is rare for him.
Here is to a healthier 2016!

Naycorn was sick too

Hand-foot-mouth-arms-legs-face-bum I think?

 

--CHRISTMAS--

Christmas was simple and sweet.  It was so exciting for Avery.  I'm not big on decorating for the holidays but I think I'll make a teensy weensy bit more effort next year cuz she just loved everything about Christmas!

Santa came!

Lydia tasting her exersaucer

Avery testing her helmet and jumprope.

Sweet gift from Lydia to Avery

Wish Todd were in this pic!  He was there, I promise!

Can you tell that I'm not into decorating? The fake tree broke, I was too lazy to fix it. The "believe" blocks we have are re-arranged to say "vile bee." There's also a painted Christmas tree on the mantle with a cat being shocked. Decorating? Meh...