December 2017 catch-up -- festive holiday fun

All sorts of Christmas activities!!!  Here is a view into our December:

Zoo Lights with cousins this year!!!
We ate at our traditional place: Noodles & Co.

Always a fun time at Zoo Lights

Winter dance recital at the Dance Hall (Gemma in white scarf)

James and Posa

Bunny--I think she is on the left??  :o)

Fun with Papa's train at the annual "Reason
for the Season" soup dinner

Christmas Fun Day 2017 (Red Lobster)

still had school to do, but that's OK...we will be done by May!

All the kids love our Sunday trips to Mindy's
(Decadent Creations Bakery)

Family trip to a Blazers game--I stayed home with the littles,
and took Gemma to urgent care...where she was diagnosed
with the flu.  As in The Flu.  Lots of fun.

Somehow through all this I still had time to run the St. Matthew
Christmas Play.  I had a GREAT group of kid, so it was easy!!

Christmas Eve at grammae and papa's

Cellie got her first American Girl doll!

Christmas Morning--James was happy

so was Gemma!!

Dinner at Amelia's, just for fun