out with the old

So we had a good year and a great Christmas.  There was some sickness in the house on Christmas day but everyone had a good time. 

Our year was full of changes.  A finished degree here, a new job there, kids starting new grades and learning new things. So with a great year under wraps, we are looking forward to an awesome 2015!

christmas, this year (2013)

Did y"all have an enjoyable Christmas? Ours was enjoyable.  We saw a pretty hilarious Christmas pageant at church (it was no Best Christmas Pageant Ever, but still...).  There were serious philosophical discussions about Santa's ability to consume so many cookies (still unresolved, ahem).

The pups got too many gifts and ate a lot of candy.

Business as usual around here, I suppose.

Santa brought gifts that were musically themed this here (appropriately sized keyboard for Seal Pup 2.0 and an appropriate sized guitar for Seal Pup, the Elder--I forsee some family jam sessions in our future).  The gifts seemed to be a hit (and arrived on time!).

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

Obviously, given that Christmas is tomorrow...  And, given that Christmas is tomorrow, how about I tell you about our Christmas preparations?

Sure, why not?! You wouldn't be reading this if you weren't interest, right?

We celebrated Seal Pup 2.0's birthday.  Because, he just happened to be born in December; and, it's us!

We celebrate birthdays like it's our job!

Grammy came to visit.  It was awesome.

We picked a tree and cut it down.

There were some shenanigans with a snow man.

We did our annual Christmas card photo shoot, here is an outtake, because I think it's cute, even if it didn't make the cut.

We are going to the Christmas Eve service at church this afternoon, there may even be bow ties....