well a lot has happened since we last talked

and I haven't even shown you the photos from christmas!

this was our tree (fake tree, it is Florida)

before we loaded up the presents

and headed over to the kids early christmas morning

Arlo opened his present and he loved it

what is not to love

give a man a hammer and everything becomes a nail.

his grandpa said

Miss Emily in her new christmas ballet costume

with her christmas doll in her ballet costume

Beth made my favorite breakfast

complete with champagne

oh and she did most of it holding a baby!

Arlo and grandpa had fun looking at the video in the camera

and grandma was more than happy to hold the baby

as much as she could

at the end of a long day,

this was still the favorite toy

mom and dad came up to Beth's the day after christmas

and she was happy to hold her great granddaughter too

Emily took this nice photo of us four generations of girls

we had a great holiday

all being together at christmas for the first time

shortly after this

mom broke her collarbone.....

I have been down at mom and dad's house helping and thus the blog freeze

mom is doing much better and the doctor was impressed with the mobility in her arm

I am home for a few nights and catching up

next up - Arlo's 2nd birthday!