the mckees came to visit

just for the afternoon, the mckees minus two came and hung out with us! it was so good to see these sweet faces.

these two are buddies!

jackson was so excited to get to play with geb!

a pmf Christmas

all booted up...ready for a hike in the woods.

leanne and rex brought a gingerbread train for the kids to decorate!

i love to watch the kids open presents.

who doesn't love a 5 lb. bag of haribo gummies?

granny in perfect form, as always.

we played several games of "corn hole" (courtesy of 'gee and mac').

love this pic of reese with grandpa mac!

it was a great time at the pmf...good food, fun games, family time and presents! thanks to mom and mark for hosting us!

Christmas lights

the pictures don't quite show how lit up our house was at night, but colin did a great job with the lights this year.

he went to great heights so that people could see the star from far away.

saturday afternoon project part 2 - Christmas cookies

sampling of the batter/showing off aprons

let the cutting begin

jack ate as much dough as he used to make cookies

the final product.