2012 Recap (Part 2 - The Holidays)

Ahhh, the holidays. Such a fun and busy time of year.  This year we spent Thanksgiving at my parents home, in their newly renovated kitchen - (it was finished just in the nick of time).  Thanksgiving continues to be my favorite day of the year. 

This was Chase's first Thanksgiving and he was happy to try lots of new foods.

Our family photo...it wasn't until after we took the pictures that I realized Ashlyn didn't have her skirt on.  Oops.

Just hours after Thanksgiving dinner, we went full swing into Christmas preparations.  All the women went out to start Christmas shopping Thanksgiving night.  The Christmas season was jam-packed full of fun activities, outings, traditions, and parties.  I'm just going to let the pictures speak for themselves...

Amongst all the chaos of the season, we also welcomed a new nephew into this world.  Jake and Carla had a baby boy, Jacob Dylan, on December 15th. 

We were also blessed with a heck of a lot more snow this year and were able to go sledding a few times.  Good, cheap family fun.

We ended the year quietly, at home.  To be honest, I was a little partied out.  It was just me, Brian, and our four kids.  We played board games, hide-n-go seek, and the wii, we watched a movie, and we ate lots of good food.  Brian finally ended his year of no sweets with a big serving of moose tracks ice cream. It was a fun but low-key night.

And that's that.  Now I can finally start on 2013!