Family: The Best Gift of All

We had a fun-filled holiday week with the entire family. I now understand why my Mom and Dad always ask for "the family to be together" as their gift. It was so much fun seeing our kids interact with their cousins. Spending time with everyone reinforced that my sisters and I are doing the right things with our families to carry on the tradition of a close-knit, low-drama, very functional family.



We spent Christmas Eve with extended family. Bean was in awe of her third cousins. They welcomed her at their table.



Squeaker got some up close time with her 2-month-older cousin, Sam. They wrestled on Christmas Day, and then power napped in nature at the River on the 26th.







Nana helped Bean learn about the tradition of decorating the tree.

Christmas Gifts

We woke up up Christmas morning at 8 o'clock (thank you, Santa, for granting my Christmas wish to sleep late), and enjoyed watching Bean and Squeaker cuddle on T & T's sofa before heading to OpaNana's.

The kids had so much fun opening their stocking and Santa gifts that we pretty much stopped after that. Kate loved her keyboard, headlamp, airplane, books, apron, dress from Grandma, Taki bear, and ballerina stuff.

The Famous Film Director, Pepe Le Snack

My brilliant husband has been directing, filming, and editing our Holiday Video Card. You heard it right, folks. You'll be getting a link to a video from us this year instead of a traditional snail mail card. Now you can't put the video on your wall or mantle with all those other cards, but I guarantee you that the video will be the coolest holiday greeting you've ever received.

Director Husband's been wearing a new driving cap, and he looks tre frenchy. I've been calling him Pepe Le [insert funny word here] for a few days now. The name that's stuck is Pepe Le Snack. Can you hear it? The Oscar for best Holiday Video Card goes to... Pepe Le Snack!