Happy Holidays

I hope that everybody had a great Christmas. We are still recovering from our two journies. The kids had a great time visiting the Jansen side last weekend and the Hannan side on Christmas. Garrett sang at church on Sunday. He was so cute! They are very tired and now relaxing and enjoying their goods.



One of Caelan's biggest hits was a parrot that talks. It is the Fur Real one. This ended up being a gift from us, as Caelan heard it squawk as Bob was carrying it in- oops. Well, I still suspect that it is going to be a hit for a very short amount of time, but right now, both kids are having a lot of fun with it. I am not a big fan of video games, but in consideration of our upcoming trip to China and our 20 hour(?) plane ride, I thought a Nintendo DS would be a great gift for my parents to get for her. Well, she can't put it down. She has been playing it all day. I told her that after she is able to play with it for a while, we are going to restrict it's use in the same way that we do with the TV. She will have to ask and then her use time will be limited. But on that airplane ride, all rules are off.



Garrett has been asking for a "real" motorcycle for a year now. For his birthday in July, my mom got him a red bigwheel that we have been calling his motorcycle. Well, as much as he loves his red bigwheel- he knew it wasn't really a motorcycle. Well, Uncle Kevin REALLY came through this year. See picture above:). Also he and his daddy will have a lot of fun with their chainsaws!



And here is one of us- there are Bob and I in the back row. My brothers, Kevin and Patrick, are in the back with us, along with my sister-in-law, Stephanie. My sister, Maura, is with the kids. Then my parents, Grandpa and niece are in the front.