My Family Photo favorites. . . . .

Tyson Lee Monk

almost 1 year old

Our family

Our cute grandkids!

Matt & Kayla

Hailey & Sam

Brooke & Steven

Emily 7  years old

Camden 4 years old

Natalie and her favorite nieces and nephews

The Cabin

We left on Saturday, Dec. 27th and 

came home on Tuesday, Dec. 30th.  

As you can tell by the following pictures,

we had to dig our way into the cabin.

So much snow!

The photographer was there and waiting

so we were in a hurry to get in and get

our pictures taken.

The photographer did a great job

and was so easy to work with.

Steven borrowed some snow machines from

a friend and so we were set!

We  had a ball!

Jenna was up the first night most of the night

throwing up.  Then, it just kind of went

through the family.

We did have fun even if most of us were sick

some of the time.

We played cards, played in the snow and 

Uncle Mike even came up and the guys 

went ice fishing.  Yup, it was so cold.

With the wind chill it was about

40 below.

So fun having all our kids together.

 

Christmas Day 2014

What a fun day!

Mom, Aunt Pat, Steven & Brooke came

for breakfast.  We had a light breakfast because

Matt and Kayla were coming at 2:00 and we had

a huge dinner planned.

We opened presents when Matt and Kayla got here.

So fun watching the kids open their gifts.

 Nat and Emily doing a selfie!

 Emily loved her singing bird from Aunt Nat.

 Camden in his Spiderman shirt from Aunt Nat.

 Razor scooters from Grandma and Grandpa Monk to 

Emily and Camden. 

 I got a iPad mini, the red case and screen protectors from Wynn.

He is so thoughtful.  He knows I would never buy something like this

for myself.   Just to extravegant for little ol' me.   

Glad he takes care of me and loves me.  I guess I'll keep him.  :)

Drum roll please. . . . . 

The kids gave us PICTURES!

Yup, they hired a photographer to come to the cabin

to take family pictures.  

They even gave us a frame to put our new family

photo in. 

I LOVE IT!

So thoughtful.

I'm so excited!

(I really am quite fond of the photo already in the frame)

I just love my family!

Do I need to say more?  

They are the best!  

Thanks guys!  

You made my year complete.

Christmas Eve

This year, Christmas Eve was a bit different.

My Mom did an open house for her family.

My family is getting so big, Mom doesn't have

enough room for everyone to come at one time.

So, we went for lunch and enjoyed soup and hot bread.

When it started to get really crowded, we split!

We came back to my house and played games and just

kind of hung out.  We had just snack foods and lounged.

We decided to drive around and view all the Christmas lights.

I made hot cocoa for everyone and then we piled in

Steven and Brooks van and went for a ride.

Wynn wasn't feeling well so he stayed home.

We ended up out at Steven and Brookes. 

After the kids went to bed, we helped

Santa Claus do his thing.

Oh, so much fun. . . .