Christmas 2010 - Our Last One in Edwardsville, IL

We had a super fun Christmas last December - our last one in Edwardsville. Lots of great memories had by all. So fun to have everyone be able to come - and we had a great conversation with Marshall on Christmas Day. The joy in his voice was felt by all. These pictures are all way out of order, so I'll just label as we go along...

This first one is of Katie and Lindsay after they got to go have their hair done...Katie had hers chopped off and Lindsay came back much darker with bangs. They love visiting Carmen...fun way to start the new year... One of Joseph's presents was a stadium tour of Cardinal's Stadium...we went a couple of days after Christmas...here they are in the dug out!
Our beautiful home on Christmas Day! Also, this was Rich's first ever white Christmas. Made it just a little extra special. Claire loving the snow in quite the get-up!

One of Rich's favorite toys as a young child was Lincoln Logs. Guess what I found for him for Christmas...to share, of course, with his grandchildren!

A surprise visit from Santa on Christmas Eve. This was SO fun. Our dear home teacher, Dan McNeill, spends a good part of his Christmas Eve making visits to families with children, and he knew we'd have some extra company this Christmas Eve...made it super special for us. Everyone loved his visit, but Claire...

...but Claire did LOVE working in the play kitchen, next to her own Christmas tree!

We tried super hard to get a decent picture of Rich and I with the kiddos...and this is about as good as it got.

My creativity on Christmas Day...loved the snow!

Lindsay, Katie, and Holly all got the same Nike jackets...extra long arms with thumb holes.

Chris and Holly with Santa!!

Love this little guy!!

Grammy and Caleb!!

Grandpa and Caleb!!

Auntie Sarah with Claire! All in all - a very special holiday indeed!!