As requested, here are some new photos of the kiddos. A little late, they’re from New Years (when we open presents). Part of our Christmas tradition has been to try and separate our celebration and presents. They’re too great a distraction—trying to focus on the birth of Christ while thinking about presents was difficult for me as a child, so we’ve removed the issue altogether for our kids. We have our Christmas celebration, and then on January 1st, we open our “New Years’ Presents.”

Aja and Meredith toast to the New Year with sparkling apple cider.

The girls with their presents! A slide, ducky washcloths, notepads and lots of lollipops!

Kendrick was happy all by himself.

Kendrick smiles at Uncle Ray.

The girls opening their presents.

Happy girls!

Even Kendrick got a present in the end. Tigger!