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| After babysitting Joey and Eli one night, I found this play cupcake and saucer sitting on my makeup table the following morning. I sure love our beautiful Joey and his happy, easy-going baby brother! |
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| December 30th: Elijah ("Eli") following in his brother's footsteps: he loves anything with wheels! |
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| Big brother Joseph ("Joey") plays in our tub |
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| Eli's turn to play in the water |
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| More play time--this time with a pirate ship |
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| While Jared and Jenny were in Santa Fe for part of the day, we took their boys and Jessica's kids so that the four of them could enjoy Santa Fe together--they had a blast. Meanwhile, back with Grandma and Grandpa, the kids played, had snacks, and went to Hinckle Family Fun Center for arcades and this tiny carousel, which Hannah loved. It was too dark inside the arcade center for photos though, and we decided it's also way too noisy. After we left HFFC, we went to a park so the boys could run around and play on the swings--until it got too cold out. Hannah fell asleep in the car and had a nice long nap before the parents returned from Santa Fe. |
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| Milo |
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| Beau |
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| Hannah |
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On December 26th, we met up near the Sandia Ski area for a family sledding day! That was the most FUN part of our Christmas holidays, and the kids loved it--especially Hudson, Mario, Milo, and Beau! Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures of the activity, but others in our family did. We went out to Dion's Pizza for lunch afterwards, and everyone was pretty tired. Jared's family, Jessica's family, and Sam's family made it to the sledding adventure.These pictures of our grandchildren really crack me up! We had a long wait at Red Robin, so I gave the kids some fudge to dampen their hunger. Love these goofy shots of Joey with Elise--chocolate faces and all! |
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| Crazy brothers, Jacob and Samuel (with Eli) |
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| Eli with his daddy, Sam |
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| Fun-loving Kiley with son, Joey |
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| Crack me up! |
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| Pretty Elise on the patio of Red Robin restaurant |
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| Two pretty girls--Elise and mama, Shauna |
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| Our Jessica with sleeping daughter, Hannah |
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| Shauna enjoying the sunlight on the porch |
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| Happy faces of Kiley and Sam |
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| Eli hanging out with his family and cousins |
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| Stylish Jenny (with Milo and Joey) |
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| Joey enjoying the outdoors (with Jared) |
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| Toothless Mario with his cousins |
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| Hudson hanging out with Mario--these two became good buddies during Mario's visit! |
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| Sweet Tyler kept himself occupied with his coloring talents |
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| Jacob with son, Tyler, waiting for our food to arrive |
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| Hudson and his paper mustache--so darn cute (with a giggling Milo in the background) |
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| Sleeping beauty with crazy long eyelashes |
