Christmas 2010

We had a beautiful and fun Christmas in Portland. It was wonderful having Miel and my Mom here to share the holiday joy. The kids were bursting with it and loved signing and dancing to all the carols. Santa was very good to them both, and we've been busy writing lots of "thank yous."

The highlight was seeing Kieran and Kevin in the Grace Christmas pageant...they both made great Shepards!

We loved hearing from many friends and family, and it was hard to take all the cards off our mantle yesterday. We hope your holidays were lovely, and we hope to see you in 2011.

Not enough pics, but here are the best:

Makenna with her new dress-up dolly from Gram.

I cherish the innocence of our kids at this age, Kieran actually came in to bed to snuggle (Kev was already walking Kiki) and wanted to wait until Makenna was up to see what Santa brought...what restraint!

I LOVE MY DUCKS!!

Christmas Eve - Makenna and Mama

Thanksgiving Pics

We spent a relaxing Thanksgiving at my parents place in Days Creek. We had fun hanging out and playing lots. The kids love being at Grandma's and Papa's, and being in the country. Kieran loves going to the barn at the school to feed the pigs, and Makenna was excited to have a whole gymnasium full of balls to play with. We also went up to snow level to get our Christmas tree, which is now providing a warm glow in our home. Thanksgiving already feels like a long time ago, and it's only two weeks until Christmas...