Twas the night before Christmas...

What a lovely evening.  Mass at 6:30 (which wasn't over packed, so it was wonderful), then home for snacks and bedtime.  Anne went in to brush her teeth and I had to enjoy: "Goodnight Santa who's watching me."

Our joyful little three year old.  Merry Christmas!

Fwew...can you say VOMIT?

Well, everyone but Catherine has been talking about it here, but she has been doing it! Well, of the kids, Nathaniel is the lone healthy kid this week. Starting last Saturday, we have pretty much had daily occurrences or at least someone feeling like they need to! Jacob will hopefully be back to school Friday. I have pictures to post from his 12-12-12 birthday, which he was sick for. Just crazy. And to think that we went in last Friday to get FluMist for the boys...was that the cause, an unfortunate effect, or a result of sitting in the waiting room too long? I was hoping Leah was going to be lucky and miss it, but it caught her tonight and got Anne again, too (it started with her last Saturday).

Here's to hoping for a healthy weekend without sick parents! To top it off, by the way, today was Patrick's last day at his job. The new one is supposed to start Monday, but I think (well I know) he's going there early in the morning.

Beware of back posting...

So in my attempt to catch up, I may post some past events under that date rather than have, say, the kids' Halloween pic on December 1, it may just be posted as Nov. 1 to eliminate too much evidence of late posting.  So, hint, I did get that one up.  That's the only one I've done so far, but hope to get back to Leah's birthday, first day of school, Anne's birthday, summer activities, and more pictures of Catherine growing up. 

All the Cousins at Thanksgiving

Well here they all are -- all fourteen of the cousins together in Wash MO for Thanksgiving at Grandma & Grandpa's.  We had such a nice time and it is always special when we can all get a chance to spend time together not only in the same state but even in the same house!

Catherine and her Cake