Anyone else still trying to recover from Christmas? We had a wonderful time. Our celebration started on the morning of Christmas Eve. Cadence was an angel at our church's morning service which was a little musical performed by the younger children. In the middle of the program, my angel decided to do away with her wings. And she never smiled once while she was onstage. Little angel indeed. Haha. After church we had lunch and opened presents with my family at my sister's house. Spent the evevning eating and opening more gifts at my in-laws'. On Christmas Day we discovered that Santa thought that Cadence, Clark and I were VERY good this year because he left us bunches of board books, toys and a new 85 mm f1.4 lens. Yeeeeeeeeehaw!!! Thank you Santa. In the afternoon we headed off to my cousin's house were we celebrated for the rest of the night with my extended family. More food, more presents, more merry making!
Day after Christmas we went to the Shedd Aquarium in the afternoon with my cousins from out of town. You'd think that most people would be out shopping the after-Christmas sales, but apparently not because the Shedd was packed. We had dinner at Gino's East in the city for Chicago style deep dish pizza. Yum. Now I'm not one to pass up on the day after Christmas sales, so on the way home from Chicago we stopped by Target. And I did hit up Kmart (LOVE me Martha Stewart stuff) and Hallmark later in the week. Ended up with some excellent finds.
A few pictures from Christmas. The rest can be found HERE in my holiday photo album.
i'm laughing so hard at Cadence with her arm's folded during the church program! angel indeed! ha! ha! love it. i had to call darwin over just to show him. glad to hear that you guys had a good christmas. we might just have to mail stuff to you. doesn't seem like we'll be able to get together any time soon.
Posted by: Jeannie | Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:17 PM
Could those kiddos be any cuter?! Oh my goodness. :) :) :)
Posted by: Care | Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 06:47 PM
I love your blog, Joy! What a cute family you have!! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Cathy | Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 11:54 PM
That bottom pic is priceless!
Glad you and your family had a special season! Happy New Year, Joy!
tonya
Posted by: tonya | Sunday, January 01, 2006 at 01:25 AM
You must take photos with that lens. You must share them. I need to drool. Happy New Year, Joy!!!
Posted by: marygrace | Sunday, January 01, 2006 at 01:33 AM
Oh my...that picture is too funny Joy!
Posted by: marie cox | Sunday, January 01, 2006 at 09:45 AM
hee hee hee...those photos are WAY too cute... :)
Posted by: Hanni | Sunday, January 01, 2006 at 07:43 PM