Christmas Celebrating

Thanks to Uncle David Babcock's Guinness World Record Breaking event!  LOVE the shirts!

Sam started shaving this week...

Hairy fun (thanks to LJ!)

Ruffle scarves (more thanks to LJ)

Stairs with all of us...

Grandma Sandy found fun Tardis towels!

We struggled with lighting, too bright, shadows, and the tinsel wreaths were silly.  Everyone was a good sport, duty photo session, the one big thing I wanted this year.  THANK YOU for obliging.

Without sombreros.

Emma making sour cream fudge with spontaneous Grinch coloring.

Dean & Max making cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

Great Grandma Billie and Suzanna.

Stewart by the tree.

Christmas Eve couple photo.  Not a hat on my head, candy candle behind me...

UNTOUCHED crazy vibrant colors of the day.

Max in his Defiant sweatshirt.

 Stewart.

We tried the circle head shots, too bright, even in backyard on trampoline and shooting from the roof (John climbed up on a ladder to get above everyone).  No broken bones.

 

We watched family history old VHS video from Emma's first birthday, Max's first Christmas, Suzanna 4th (?) birthday with Babcock cousins over.  Uncle Michael interviewing Great Uncle Blen Stoker.  John & I as young parents.  Our various apartments and blessing homes.

I hope the kids got a sense of who we are as a family.  With 6 children the youngest don't know a lot of the stories of the older siblings.  And we wanted Dean to see how beautiful-cute his wife was as a youngster.  We laughed hard at Stewart & Emma jumping on the mini-trampoline, singing, eating ice cream, John throwing Emma up in air...All my babies had beautiful eyes and sweet chubby fingers and square feet.  Their sounds, coos, expressions are dear memories to me.  I love being their mom, then and now.

 

MUST TRANSFER VHS TO DVD/archive this year.  Goal #1 to back-up what we do have, and be better about group shots, taking pictures of the adults-not just the kids in the room...

I love my family.