Christmas in January

January 2014

Our Christmas celebrations finally came to a close in January with a trip to Fort Worth to celebrate with Nana, Papa and the McCarthy clan.  Nana still had her house beautifully decorated for the season:

 

To allow as much play time as possible, Jack got to open his present first so that he and Lincoln could play with their super-cool new remote controlled cars from Nana and Papa!

Everyone headed outside to watch, including Nana and Charlie - just wait until next year, little man, you'll be running around with everyone else!

Brandi got a great picture of me and little Miss Livi.  This day was my first attempt to put her hair back in a bow.  I've learned quite a bit since then, and I don't think it stayed in very long, but it looks pretty cute in this picture, I think!

Of course, since we were outside, we had to take a few rides in the Jeep.  Being the lucky little lady that she is, Livi got to be chauffered around by the boys.  It won't be very long at all until she will want to be driving herself, but for now, shotgun was acceptable.  Here she is loving her ride with big brother:

And with cousin Lincoln!

Riding off into the sunset...

After the outdoor fun, we headed inside to open the rest of the presents and have dinner.  As always, Kathryn was super-creative and wrote a poem about the presents they gave to everyone.  They gave Tommy and I money for a nice night out, picked out a really cool restaurant, and offered a night of babysitting. Thanks, Nana and Papa!

And with that fun day, Christmas 2014 finally draws to a close.  I can't help but pause to think how fortunate we are to get to celebrate one holiday with so much of our family!  On to 2014...