...And a Happy New Year

With the start of the New Year has come my return to work after the birth of our God's latest masterpiece, Brooks William.  I hope to post more about his arrival later.  This has been a bit of a hectic week just trying to get back into the routine of everything and balancing work with three young children.  Thankfully I have two good older helpers in the form of Maggie and Bode, a helpful young nanny that comes a few mornings a week and the sweetest little baby face to remind me of my priorities.

We were at home for New Year's Eve, but started a new tradition (maybe?) with countdown envelopes.  Inside each one was a fun activity for the evening....Make brownies, eat popcorn, have a pillow fight, make snow angels, dance party, etc.  We welcomed in the New Year at 8:00 pm with a very helpful Netflix countdown hosted by King Julien from the movie, Madagascar.

And here are a few videos Steve made of our holiday season:

Our family Christmas:

The Gibbs family Christmas:


The Evelsizer family Christmas, which had to be postponed due to our kids' sicknesses:



And a video of some sledding fun that Maggie, Steve, and Bode enjoyed while my sister, Brooks, and I went to a movie: