How cute is our niece Sophia??

Sophia as a flower.....

....and a lady bug. How many one year olds gets to have a costume change for Halloween?

Opening a gift on Christmas eve (from Kyle and me--our motto is the noisier the gift the better!)

The Petersen's Christmas morning

Playing in the snow

Living Room Updates

Since this picture was taken we have put a new front on the fireplace but we love that we now have a gas fireplace. It has really come in handy over the holidays.

Finished living room (prior to gas fireplace installation)

Other half of the living room after the furniture was delivered.

After the wallpaper came down.

Kyle and I had the crazy idea to redo the living room AFTER we volunteered to host Christmas eve dinner......so we had under 3 weeks to complete the room. Taking the wallpaper down was a nightmare, and we painted the walls twice after realizing we didn't love the first green once the walls were done, but we absolutely love the final result.

Amber's Ugly Sweater Party

Amber, Sarah, me & Barb

Diana, Brian, Heather & Amber

Caroling

Arthur (2nd place), Dave (1st place) & Rob (3rd place)

Our K-mart special sweater vests

More Sophia

Daddy and Sophia watching a little Dora.....while wearing a scarf.

Sophia and Uncle Jason

Talking on Auntie's (my) cell phone

Thanksgiving in Michigan

Me, dad & mom

Perusing the black Friday ads after dinner

Sophia wearing Uncle Jason's hat

Aunt Karen & cousin Natalie

Adorable Sophia wearing my necklace

Aunt Louise, Aunt Barbie, Aunt Sandi, Grandma & Aunt Judy

Aunt Karen, me, Kyle & grandma

Kyle and I had a great Thanksgiving in Michigan. There is nothing better then getting family together from near and far for a day of great food, great conversations, lots of laughs and not so great football (Lions lost......again).

Uconn/Notre Dame Football Game

The whole gang.

Notre Dame stadium

Ang and me

Lou and Kay

Kevin, Kyle, Kayleen and Lou

The girls with our new leprechaun friend.

The Grands

The Dampeers

The Knapps

The Reiters

Our Visit With The Dampeers

Alex showing us the way to the shops

Lou & me watching the boys doing what they do best.......

.........Golden Tee

Andy, Alex & Lou Dampeer leading the way to the ND bookstore.

The weekend before Thanksgiving we were fortunate enough to get tickets for the Uconn/Notre Dame football game in South Bend which meant we were able to spend a weekend with the Dampeers!!