Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas Photos

Sorry I'm a bit behind in sharing some fun Christmas moments this year. But I've been enjoying having my husband home for 2 weeks and letting him deal with nutty, wired kids while I curl up with lots of good books that Santa brought. But here are a few photos past and present that I wanted to share before we head into the New Year.

Christmas 2005....Katelyn 4, Laura 1 month old
Christmas 2008...Katelyn 7, Laura 3....my how they've grown!

Christmas 2005....Laura is much smaller than the stuffed animals


Christmas 2008.....only 1 is bigger than her

Katelyn was once smaller than all of them too, not anymore
What's with the serious faces?!

Now this is more like it.....Laura bolting and Katelyn laughing cause I can't keep her little sister in one place very long for a picture. Gotta pay a professional to get these kids to pose for pictures these days. LOL!

I can't forget the cats......and yes they got even later.
This is Al
This is Cookie
He's plotting his revenge



We had a great Christmas with lots of fun gifts.....both given and received. Here are two that are my favorite. My father-in-law got these for the girls. Katelyn was 14 months old when my mother-in-law passed away. Rick took a picture we have of Katelyn as an infant (about 6 months old) with her grandma Colleen and had the image put on a blanket. It's gorgeous and she loves sleeping with it each night.

Laura didn't come along for another 4 years. But she is named after Colleen. Laura Colleen. So Rick used a photo of Colleen on their wedding day for Laura's blanket. Again, gorgeous. She's a little too young to get it yet and hasn't asked for the blanket each night. But I know as she gets older and learns more about her angel grandma that she'll ask to be tucked in with her grandma blanket as well. For now, we are keeping it in a safe spot so cats don't ruin it.

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we wish everyone a safe and healthy New Year.

4 comments:

Raela's Craft Room said...

Kathy,

You have such a beautiful family. I LOVE the blankets!!! What a wonderful treasure that will be!

Have a wonderful NEW YEAR!

Love ya,
Raela

Missty said...

great photos! And I LOVE the blanket idea!!!

GREENLAW said...

cute pics... so fun to see them change!

jenifer oyler said...

That is so neet! I love the blankets. Glad you had a great Christmas!