Christmas Day

As we drove up to Karen & Mike's house on Christmas Eve we found that everything north of Springfield was covered in a layer of ice.  We hate to see that happen, but I have to say that the sun shining through the icy limbs of the trees was sure beautiful.  I wish I had gotten a picture of it, but we didn't stop anywhere to do that.

The Jacobs kids are growing fast.  When we compare pictures taken in February when Charlie was born to what the kids look like now, there is a big difference.  We spent Christmas Day at Karen & Mike's before heading home to do laundry in preparation for the further trip to Amy's.  On the 27th we drove to Amy & Mike's to meet with the whole family for a belated family Christmas.  A big thank you to Amy and Mike for letting us all converge on them.

On Christmas morning the family checked to see if Santa and his reindeer had eaten the treats that they left for him.

Andrew was excited to check his stocking.

Emily loved the Fisher Price train and her stocking.

This picture of Emily reminds me of Karen when she was this age.

This guy is just happy most of the time.

They were waving at each other; that's why their hands are fuzzy.

One of Andrew's favorite activities of the day was sitting with his daddy while ripping up wrapping paper and then throwing it up into the air.  What a good daddy!

Here is the kitchen crew at Amy's house.

Here is what Amy was making.  They were called "Grinch-kabobs".  Cute, huh?

Daniel and Zach are such clowns when they get together.

I really like this one of Dominic -- except for the fact that it looks like Michael was about to snap him in the ear with something.

Here is Michael holding Sawyer.