Happy (Belated) New Year!!!

Hello family and friends! We hope you all had a great Christmas season and a very Happy New Year. We had a wonderful Christmas. We spent some alone time, just the four of us, on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, spent the rest of Christmas and the next day in Ohio with Amber's parents and family, and finally, a few days in Pittsburgh to see Chris's family before finally heading home. Below are some pictures from the past few weeks.

The kids are doing well despite both fighting the neverending winter colds. Please keep Carsyn in your prayers this week as she will be getting tubes for her ears on Thursday (1/14). She's a trooper, and we're hoping she will finally get some relief from her repeated ear infections. Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts.

We visited a tree farm on Christmas Eve morning to see some reindeer. There were only two still there, but they were a lot of fun to see. Tanner was really excited, especially when the one actually ate the carrots we brought to feed them...



It was so cold that day, but much better after snuggling with Daddy...


Mommy and the kids prepping the snacks for Santa and his reindeer...


They must have liked them! All except for that last bite of carrot...


Tanner was more than happy to help Carsyn open his gift to her (the wagon he built at Home Depot)...


Mommy and two happy kids on Christmas morning...


Mrs. Clause certainly had Tanner in mind for a cold winter ahead...


Future hero at Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd's house...


Tanner playing Twister with Daddy (who took things a little too seriously - a bit sore the next morning!)...


Santa Claus visiting Aunt Kamryn and Uncle Rob's house in Pittsburgh. Can you believe it that Pop Pop Ligetti missed it AGAIN this year...


We weren't letting him go without getting at least one of our kids getting a picture with him (she got over it)...


One 5 yr old + one nearly 5 yr old + one 4 yr old + 2 three yr olds = HOLY COW. Chaos!


Tanner with cousins Carter and Dane...


Carsyn saying "check out my loot stack!"


Tanner went bowling with cousins Landon and Dane on our last day in Pittsburgh. He had a lot of fun, but still has a black and blue finger nail from a little smashing : ( ...


Little Miss Carsyn chilling on the couch...


A relaxing evening for Tanner, Mia, Dane, Landon, and Pop Pop...


Finally, home sweet home. Time to relax...


We had the best snow man (and snow ball) making snow fall before New Years. Tanner had a lot of fun making this snowman with Daddy and Pop Pop...