December Mania Part VII: The Final Christmas

The funny part about The final Christmas is it didn't happen until January 8th. Mom and Dad spent the full two week break with Willie in England and since we missed them all so much we decided to recreate Christmas once they got home and the 8th was the first free Saturday. We only had a few events between Colorado and our second Christmas. We were very lucky to get Connie out to Kansas to celebrate New Years Eve with us and she was hear to enjoy our Second Christmas as well. We were also lucky to get Willie home as well. He's back in Lawrence for a while and we were so happy to get to spend Christmas with him again, the last time was the year Bella was born. She LOVES her Uncle Willie. Here we are enjoying the morning, we even had a fire going all day!









































Best Tea Towel EVER straight over from the UK.














Opening Presents






























































Bella's new Grill from Auntie Heidi so she can grill with Daddy.




































Eric's new scarf, he really does love it despite the first picture.



























"wasn't me, I didn't eat any chocolate!"














Daddy reading Bella's new baby animal book to her.











In the evening, Connie and J.P. came over for Christmas dinner. We had an amazing feast of lamb with carrots and parsnips, Yorkshire pudding and potatoes. It was a very English meal and absolutely divine. After dinner Nana wanted to show Mimi Bella's new favorite book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus</span> by Mo Willems. by It was adorable seeing them all read it together.

































We had a fantastic evening and even spent the night at my folks so we could enjoy the night longer. It was a perfect end to a perfect series of Christmases.