Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas to you all! Thought I would share some pictures from tonight.

Riley and her friend, Maddy, sang "Go, Tell It on the Mountain" tonight at church. They did a great job!

Riley & Maddy

Their choir also sang a couple of songs.


And then there's the continual futile attempt to take pictures of all 5 of the grandkids with them all looking at the camera at the same time!



And my favorite......

Katie decided enough is enough!!

Love them all.........MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

Who is this guy?

Hmmmmmm !?!

Katie love

Speaking of Katie, I realize I hadn't shared Katie "lovin'" from Thanksgiving. She was all about hugging and loving several family members. I think you'll get a kick out of this.

Katie love

Katie time

Miss Katie spent some time with us the end of last week. She had a fever and sniffles so she got some Grammie & Papa lovin'. We played a lot of tea party.

12.18.Playing with Katie

Looks like Katie has inherited her Daddy's s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t hair. Notice the comparison....

Katie, age 21 mos.

Katie's daddy, age 2

Baking Cookies

The Martin crew are home! (Check Jenn's blog to see pictures.) Mom & Dad needed to get some shopping done so the girls spent the afternoon. Shelby was more interested in the computer (and eating the cookies). Avery napped. But Riley wanted to help me bake cookies. We had a great time. She was very helpful and enjoyed doing this with me. She is growing up. Thanks, Riley!

12.21.baking cookies

We decorated pretzel sticks, made the cookies with the "kisses", and made pizzelles. I've had the pizzelle iron for a couple of years but hadn't used it yet. I like pizzelles and found out they aren't that difficult to make!

They are in FLORIDA !

Jenn wanted me to post to her blog, but I can't get on. So.....I'm posting here hoping some of you will check my blog. They have been busy, busy since arriving yesterday. Basically at Give Kids the World where they are staying. There are things to do and activities there. Shelby seems happy just to do the things there. They have a villa there and all had a good night's sleep. They are going to Sea World today. There's only one building at GKTW that has internet access so Jenn said she would try to post tonight. They are loving the warmer weather and find it strange that the locals are wearing sweatshirts and long pants!!

It's official......

Winter that is. As of today, I have the crusty white slim of road salt on my van...affectionately known as Grandma's taxi, and only from less than an inch of snow!

In better news, Shelby is home from the hospital. Grandma's taxi brought her home about noon today. I took Avery home from daycare about 4. Riley arrived from school so the sisters are together again!