
Our two Bulgarian treasures enjoying a Christmas Eve Feast together at Grandmom’s House.

What to do when it’s bedtime on Christmas Eve and you realize the stockings are still in a box in the closet and you’re at least one short anyway. St. Nick-style 🙂

Christmas morning!

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On to grandmom’s house for a much grander celebration.

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Loving, loving, loving the dogs!

Family Portrait by Paige – thank you!

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More presents arrive from Gran and Grandad!

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A cozy selfie 🙂

Sweet Miss Delia.

A day out at Peddler’s Village – thanks, Mary, for another family portrait attempt!

The long-awaited Christmas show (which would normally have happened the week we were getting Delia, but was postponed just for little old us!)

Younglings all decked out!
Hope you have had a truly blessed Christmastime. We wish you a wonderful, joy-filled, 2014. Here’s what we will be up to:

Amazing photos – we miss you guys! Absolutely loving the New Year’s resolutions too!
I love, love, love your resolutions!!! I still have “clean out cross-stitch fabric and send some to Jodi” on my list of things to do from last year! :/ Eventually I’ll make it to that drawer!! (I hope!)
Congratulations on your new daughter. What a pretty smile she has.
Save tears for good reasons. That is an AMAZING resolution and one that I think I’ll put before my favorite son.
We are working on gratitude and deeping our prayerful connection with God. Gratitude journals and more prayer here in Illinois. And now, saving tears for good reasons, which sounds so much better than “Quit crying over dumb stuff!! No one is dead! You still have all your limbs!!”