Churness Christmas 2014

The beautiful Churness Christmas tree &

Stella photo-bombing the picture

There's a tradition in our family that one person would wears a Santa hat and pass out all the presents each year, it was usually the youngest, so Loren got stuck with the job for a long time.......he has since passed the baton onto Jack and I don't think he minds giving up his Santa's helper duties one bit :)

elf Jack

and maybe the baton will get passed onto this little cutie one day

Jack got a folder for his football cards, and had them in there all organized in no time flat.  It is fun how into watching football (and sports in general) he has gotten this year.  My only concern is that I will also have to strap the blood pressure cuff on him one day (if you don't know the story behind this, just ask Dennis next time you see him!)

Happy birthday Grandma - the Big 6-0!!

Stella has worn her new robe almost every day since she got it, she would wear it to school if I let her....we can hope for a pajama day I guess.

playing with Jack's new Simon game, this was huge when we were kids and brings back nostalgic feelings having one around again and hearing it's beep, beep........beep, beep, beep 

and of course the sweetest little baby on the planet, our smiley and cuddle bug Reed.....he was a champ through all the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

We had a great time having our Churness Clan Christmas.  We traveled to Durand the day after Christmas, which is also Grandma's birthday, so we had double duty celebrations.  We feasted and opened gifts and the kids completely destroyed my parents house with all their new toys.  The next day we had a fun little bowling outing complete with a present stealing, white elephant type game.  We had a lot of fun and props to my parents for coordinating this fun activity for everyone.

And this officially concludes the holiday posts!  A big thank you to all our family for your generosity and great company throughout this wonderful season.  We are slowly moving through the house tackling one area at a time cleaning things out and finding a home for all our new toys.  Because I like organization projects, I actually like the month of January because it's my "get organized, out with the old, in with the new" month.  It always feels good to freshen things up around the house, find some new go-to recipes and get motivated for a fresh start and a new year!

Here's to a great 2015 everyone. Stay warm!