Christmas Weekend 2011

We stayed in New Jersey this year for the holidays. While we missed family terribly, I love waking up at home on Christmas morning! Here are a collection of photos we took over the course of the weekend. The kids loved opening gifts and we enjoyed some quiet time as a family which was desperately needed with all the stress Rob is dealing with at work with the SAP computer conversion. Nick definitely wins the prize for most animated in all the photos. Thank you for all the gifts and holiday greetings. Enjoy the silly kids' pictures and we wish you all the best for 2012!

Nick & Kelsey's latest school work

This year Nick's school is requiring each student to read at home for 30 minutes a day. He has found a new place to read that is quiet and well lit...under the Christmas tree.
Kelsey has been busy making creative projects for her classes. This is her latest creative writing assignment complete with a standing candy cane character.

Ice Skating

Jodi & Mark invited us to join them for ice skating. Kelsey and Nick are not big fans but we thought it would be fun to tag along since it was Emma's first time. Mark is an awesome skater (he grew up in Minnesota and spent lots of winters playing hockey) and that was a bit intimidating for a non skater like me but we had a lot of fun and then went back to their house for pizza. Kelsey got to feed Charlie her bottle.