Hard to believe we celebrated our Frank Christmas well over a week ago now! Time is just flying by! The grandkids had a blast playing together, opening gifts and putting on music concerts with their instruments, microphones and all of Gma Carol's musical toys...good times!
Mom and Dad with their 4 grandchildren.
Andray loved lining up all the musical toys!
Merry Christmas Gma Carol and Papa Larry!
Roslyn and her Godfather Aaron looking through the new 2013 Frank Family calendar.
TIME FOR SLEDDING!
We all had a great time sledding for two days down Mom and Dad's hill behind their house!
Andray got this awesome little snowmobile from his Godfather Jacob. He had the machine mastered after the first day! Way to go Little Man!
The cousins eating Great Gram Chip's homemade cinnamon rolls...divine!
Santa showed up on Saturday...Roslyn was so excited that she got a Dora microphone from him!
Andray on the other hand didn't want to even look at Santa...oh well, hopefully next year!
LOVE this photo of Gram with Santa!
Santa was good to the Frank Family!
Andray LOVES his new CARS guitar...tried out my "poster" affect on my new camera...not too shabby!
The Frank Cousin concert...music to our ears!
Trying out the Sepia feature on my new camera...love it!
Cousins are BEST FRIENDS for Life!
I was 28 weeks along at the Frank Christmas...hard to believe that now we're only 8 weeks away from meeting Baby Stang #3! Santa brought BS #3 this lil' Duke onezie to wear in the hospital...pretty awesome.
Heading home from a 3-day Frank Celebration...thankful for the good health of my parents, siblings and grandkids.
LINGL CHRISTMAS
For Christmas this year all the Lingl grandkids had a stone made for Gram in memory of her dog "Chip" who passed away this summer. There was not a dry eye in the room when Gram opened the gift and read the Rainbow Bridge poem for the family. Ah, how we miss Gpa Shorty and Chip!
The gift was very heavy so Matt helped Gram open.
CHIP truly was a faithful friend & companion. Something special for Gram to put in her rock garden next spring.
Roz and Lilli take the best photos together!
Time to open gifts!
Gram with her kids...Susie, Jeff and Mom. We miss Gpa Shorty every day!
CHRISTMAS COMES TO A CLOSE
Well, with Baby Jesus officially in our manger, the Christmas season has come to a close. Jake and I still have one more Christmas gathering this Saturday. We had an incredible and magical Christmas with our kids. Lots of great memories captured with them...we are so thankful!
Thanks to Sarah and Eric for the Advent calendars this year...they were a hit with our kids!
Jake and I are so grateful our kids have 3 of their Great Grandmothers still with us on Earth. Thankful we were able to go visit Great Gma Rausch this December. Next stop, to visit Great Gma Stang.
The Holiday season definitely tuckers people out of all ages.
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2013
Happy New Year to everyone out there...praying for continued good health in our families in 2013!
We were able to bring in the New Year with great friends of ours, the Siers family! Andray was too tired to drink his kiddy wine, but Roz enjoyed doing CHEERS with Katelyn and Carson!
We were fortunate to watch our nephew Easton and newest niece Emery overnight on New Years Eve...Baby Emery's first official photo of the New Year - 2013 - She is just PERFECT!
So thankful for great family and friends! Cheers...excited for what 2013 will bring us!
