Christmas 2015

We had a lot of fun this Christmas!  We played a LOT of board games (mostly LOTR Deck Builders), baked cookies, visited family, watched movies, got family pictures taken,painted ornaments, saw Star Wars 7, and also visited the tallest tree in the country.  Brooklyn ended up being very sick on and around Christmas day, poor thing, but we made the best of it.  

Christmas Eve

The guys

Sandy on stage at church, participating in the Christmas trivia game.

Velvet stocking...

At Cabela's

Deck builders

Star Wars VII

Glitter bomb

Being silly

Brooklyn's devious face

Eating Dad's oreo bouquet.

Oh, did she love the singing snowman gift from Aunt Kelly.

I painted a scene for "A Gotham Christmas".  Unfortunately, I don't think I got a picture after it was finished.

She enjoyed sitting on the presents.

painting ornaments

Thanksgiving

We had a last minute change of plans for Thanksgiving this year, and ended up having it at our house.  It was nice to cook our own dinner, watch the parade together and decorate the tree.  It was not very fun getting all the ingredients a few days before though!

We decided it was a good time to get some pictures taken of us that weekend.  We wanted to have pictures taken when Brooklyn was one and needed something for the Christmas cards as well.  We were very grateful to have a photographer friend around to do them for us.  Brooklyn decided to stick her tongue out all day instead of smile, but that's fine with us.  We love how they turned out.  

I had to include the picture of her in the bath, because this was around the time period where Brooklyn hugged everything.  She would grab something, pull it close, swing back and forth and say,"Awww".  Everything.  As in, a snow globe, nail clippers, shoes, etc.  The picture is of her hugging her washcloth owl.  

Halloween

Trying to catch up on posts, it's been busy 'round here.  I've also had problems with my computer and camera but I got it figured out.  Brooklyn has been growing like crazy, and is learning/doing new things all the time!  We carved pumpkins for Halloween and went trick-or-treating as a Star Wars family, of course.  Randi was Padme, Chris was Darth Maul, I was Leia, and Brookie was a Wookie (one of our friends went also but didn't dress up).  It was lots of fun, and she was pooped by the end.  Chris made a storm trooper pumpkin, I made an owl, Randi made a vampire, Taylor made a whale (a tail is cut out in the back), and Brooklyn's was a Mickey Mouse.