Christmas and New Year's Eve

 Opening gifts at home

 

 

 Grace with her "baby" and her super cool fake glasses

 

 The boys wearing Grace's glasses

 

 At the Cleveland Aquarium

 

 Visiting "Scuba-claus" at the aquarium

 

 We found Nemo!

 

 All the kids with Grandpa Bob - Grace was not cooperating

 

 Christmas Eve

 

 Annika and Grace decorating uncle Doug for Christmas

 

 Some of the Elves!

 

 

 Grace, Sitoo, Grandma Diane

 

 

 Goofin around with Cousin RJ

 

 Santa remembered to come even though we were out of town

 

 Cinderella and Belle (someone should tell Josie that princesses do not pick their nose)

 

New Year's Eve - stayed out until 9:00 - crazy!

Pre-Christmas events

 Visiting Santa - I didn't even have to be in the picture this year!

 

 

 Matthew with his gingerbread house

 

 At the boys' Christmas program

 

 The fam

 

 Grace's Christmas program - she would not sing but she did wear the reindeer headband

 

 

Hockey Tournament

Sept-Oct-Nov

Highlights for September, October, and November

 

 

 Steve and Danielle's Wedding

 

Monterrey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Visiting the Pacific Ocean(not pictured because the random person taking the picture did not get it  in there)

 Grace's field trip to the apple orchard

 

 

 Riding the ferry in Merrimac

 

 Painting pumpkins

 

 

 The finished products

 

 

 Mom & Grace at a Halloween party

 

 

 Playing in the leaf pile

 

 

 Mario Matthew

 

 

 Luigi Andrew

 

 

 All ready to trick or treat!

 

 Uncle Shane with all his nieces and nephews

 

I only managed to take two pictures over Thanksgiving and Shane was in both

Beginning of Fall Fun

 Washing the car

 Visiting the apple orchard

 Outside dining

 Hail the Bison!

 First day of school for Andrew (2nd) and Matthew (4K) at St. John's

 Matthew was a little excited

 First day of preschool for Grace

 We found a Badger at the zoo!

 Crazy Dad took us to Michigan and dropped us off at the zoo so he could go buy a car.

 This is the car. I don't get it.

 Finally a cage big enough for all of them!

Grace's first day of ballet

End of Summer

 Grace swinging with Isaac - a tradition for 3 years running (so far)

 Matthew got into my baking cabinet and hid behind the table

Grace in her Minnie Mouse Outfit

Frog Races