Iowa Christmas


Here are the three littlest (for now) Cranbabies enjoying a hike. Thanks, Alan and Jan, for hosting us all for a week and for all the fun.





The Pinata was a big hit as always. My favorite memory of this time is when Ezra broke this Pinata open and announced with joy, "I prayed I would be the one to break it open!" I can just imagine him waiting all year to beat Theo to this honor.




Great Dalmuti



Dress up fun (since we have been at home Louise has been crawling around saying, "I a dog. Woot. Woot.").




All four of my kids really enjoyed getting roller skates for Christmas. Grace, Theo, and Hannah can make it all the way around Crown Hill Lake Now on skates. Thanks, Alan and Jan, for the great gift. I ordered skakes for myself this week so I can skate with them.









Caps for Sale!







I think this is the first time we got a picture of all 9 kids. They are lined up waiting for a turn at the Pinata.



The three oldest girl grandchidren with Mimi:



Here are the same three girls three years ago (2008) with Aunt Alissa:



3 comments:

Alissa said...

Nice memories! I like the photo comparison of the three oldest girls at the end!

Sara said...

Wow! It's fun to see how the girls have grown in the last two photos! Thanks for sharing the pinata photos, too!

Jan said...

So many cute photos! I clicked to enlarge them and just kept going back and forth over them. It was so fun to see all the kids lined up for the pinata!