Merry Christmas!

A visit from the Ashleys

Our dear friends the Ashleys moved to Rochester this summer. Kristen cared for Chloe and Emily several days a week from the time they were 4 months old until June of this year. Grant and Heath adore the girls and the feeling is mutual. It was hard to say goodbye, but we went to visit their new home in the summer and they came to see us last night. All four kids were thrilled to see each other again and we had a wonderful visit. From left to right in the picture: Heath, Chloe, Grant, and Emily.

Chloe's artwork

Chloe has been drawing some great pictures on her magna doodle lately. The only problem with that is, they get erased quickly to make way for the next picture. I watched her draw this and had to get a picture of it before it disappeared. Pretty good for a three year old!

Our favorite snack

Snacks are great. We like lots of different things...goldfish crackers, graham crackers, teddy grahams, but our absolute favorite is alphabet pretzels. Wegmans sells them in the pretzel aisle. A huge bag filled with edible letters. What could be better? Here we are enjoying a hearty letter filled snack.

Tree hunting

We went to Baughman's tree farm the weekend before Thanksgiving to get our tree. It was a sunny, cold day with a little snow on the ground. Perfect weather to look for a tree. We walked around looking for just the right tree and settled on a nice Concolor. It looks beautiful in our foyer and Emily and Chloe get excited each time we turn on the Christmas tree lights!