2015 Family Photo Shoot

Here are some of my favorite pics from our 2015 family photo shoot.  Some of us may have had bags under our eyes.  Some of us may have been holding a piece of gum the entire time (which, incidentally, ended up getting chewed and stuck in our hair during nap time...).  And some of us may have had dried milk on our faces.  (Can you guess who?)  But we made it happen!  Alison captured this special (and short lived) time for us beautifully!

 [Can you see the dried milk on her face?]

 [Do you see the gum in his hand?]

 Tired...but together...and oh so happy...

Here's to hoping 2016 is filled with as much joy as 2015. Cheers!

Thanksgiving and Christmas 2015

We weren't quite ready to venture out with Caleb and the babies for Thanksgiving...so everyone came to us!  They cleaned before hand, cooked all the food, held babies, played with Caleb and cleaned up afterwards.  They even put up our Christmas tree for us (I'm afraid I may not have gotten around to it otherwise)!

Caleb couldn't seem to hold his eyes open whenever the camera would flash...

The babies really enjoyed looking up at the beautiful Christmas tree, and Caleb kept saying, "Peepaw put up Christmas tree" and "Thank you, Peepaw!"

We also had family over for a delicious meal (provided by the talented Jon Paul Holland) right before Christmas.  Not only was the food excellent, but it was fun getting to see all the cousins hang out together and play outside...in the dark with flashlights!

We finally mustered up the courage to take all three kids to Ellijay for Christmas Eve.  We don't have any pictures of that, but we had a wonderful time enjoying great food and even better company.  It was hectic getting everything together to take three kids under three out for the day (including two hour long car rides), but it was worth it!
After staying home for Christmas morning, we made our way to Tony's parents house to continue the celebration.

I think Caleb enjoyed the box more than what was inside!

We continued the fun the next day with visits from Peepaw, Briena, RaRa, and Grandpa. 

I'm not sure who had more fun with Caleb's new tent:  Caleb or Daddy...

Now we just need everyone to come help us take the Christmas tree down...