New Years Eve 2012!

 The Rosebrook's came up to celebrate the New Year with us.  Since there was snow, the big and little boys headed out to ski for the day.  The girls stuck around the house but didn't stay cooped up inside.

 Kendall, Molly and Tessa busily building a snowman

 Kendall, Snowman, Tessa and Molly

 Miss Tessa                                                       Miss Mia

 And, Miss Mia is just abandoned to chill in her stroller.

 The party got started early and last late!  Nate and Zack doing Gangnam Style dance!

 Tessa joins in on the Gangnam Style dancing!

 Kendall ready to party at midnite!

 Molly at minutes to midnite!

Even Mia got out of bed to come join us ring in the new year!

  10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And we were all in bed at 10 after midnite!  shewsh.

Merry Christmas 2012!

Christmas Eve 2012

It's Christmas Eve and following a nice family dinner and attending church, the kids busied themselves with preparations for the visit from the Man in the Big Red Suit!

 Not sure if you recall, but last year Comet lost his collar on our deck! A really small collar for a reindeer if you ask me...but that debate is done and over. 

 Nate and Tessa hung on to it all year long and hoped to get it back to Comet this year.

 

 Tessa is leaving a message for Santa explaining the Comet collar debacle!

 How does it go...and children all nestled by the fire with glee...or something like that...Here's our fire, our children and can't you just feel the abundant glee?!

 Mia has no clue.  She is all snuggled up in her Santa jammies, stuffed in baby jail and taking in all the hustle and bustle of the bigs!

 Nate and Tessa set a Christmas card out for Santa too.  How cute.  And, maybe strategic? Maybe they were thinking about all the times their mother says that they are lucky they are cute? 

 So, we have a cup of hot chocolate, a carefully selected brownie, a few carrots for the sleigh pullers, Comet's collar and a friendly note explaining that Nate and Tessa dutifully kept that collar safe all year long and are responsibly returning.

Christmas 2012 Second Round...

 The second round for holiday celebrations was a perfect Baughman get together!  Again.  We ate, drank, opened presents and all that be merry stuff!

 Haley, Mia, Nate, Claudio, Cole, Tessa, Keaton and Christian

Christmas 2012 First Round...

The first round of holiday celebrations was spent with the Neuenschwanders.  We gathered for nothing but indulgence and good company.  The kids got spoiled.  The adults got to eat and drink themselves silly and enjoy all of the big smiles on all of the little faces!  Merry Christmas.

 

 Zack.  Likely pretending to eat so that he can tear in to all of the presents awaiting!

 Nate going along with whatever his big cousin says and does.

 Mr Christmas Elf Mason

 Uncle Bubba

 Tessa in round 1 of presents

 Amy death-clutching Mason only because I am busy taking pictures.  Otherwise we all know he would have wanted his favorite Aunt Jen to hold him. That's Lola and Paige on the couch too.

 Papa Kenny and Gramma Char and all their little grand-nuggets.

 The boys got hockey equipment.  You can imagine what happened in the basement all weekend.

 Aunt Amy

 Sweet Mia in her new chair!

 Molly snuggling with her cousin Mia.

 Annual visit from Santa!

 And Santa's "really cool" elf!

 The N GrandKids, Santa and Buddy the Elf

 We got the Toledo Zoo to see the lights before Christmas

 That's a LOT of lights on one tree!

 Kendall, Tessa, Zack and Nate posing with one of the animal statues.