The next 8 photos are from "Jackson's Day Out".
He and his schoolmates built gingerbread houses then went shopping!
Nice result!
All gifts need a gift bag
The outing was funded by the money they made from their coffee cart.
The dogs might appreciate some Christmas joy!
Meanwhile, Theo takes advantage of the many boxes available
Jackson and Theo
Getting ready
Star Wars night at the JMU basketball game
Theo likes a good Christmas tree!
Lynsey and Grace
This year's Christmas card
Nice views from Spain, courtesy of Hannah
Nice views from home
Otterly cute
My office decorations were inspired by Charlie Brown.
We did some puppy sitting for Grace and Josh
New puppy Remi (short for Remington)
Bernedoodle
Teddy (labradoodle)
Abe (goldendoodle)
Trying out some new iPhone lenses Grace gave me.
Hannah's Christmas decor
Samuel and the Youth Choir
Luke and the Chancel Choir
I know, right
Hannah and Three Spanish Wiseguys
James with Theo
We were delighted to have Mirva and James home for a few days.
Theo identifies an ornament with his mother's picture on it
Theo, with Uncle Luke
Always a joy to add leaves to the dining room table
Luke and Grace
Samuel and Noah
Ryan and Josh
Crafting Table
Lucy, Sophie, Annabelle, Lily
Hannah built a tiny snowman
#spanishbirthday
Who's that getting into the cookie jar?
I needed a cookie. I'm Santa's helper.
Luke celebrates 26 years (and misses Hannah)
Hannah celebrates 26 years (and misses Luke)
The Neals celebrated Christmas in their new log cabin in Missouri
Remi came to visit his doggie cousins
Christmas morning and Josh is a kid at heart!
James, Mirva, Annabelle, Grace (and Remi)
Lucy
The Smiths (with matching pajamas)
Time to build some gingerbread houses...
Lily and Lucy were a team
Mirva and Annabelle also
Sophie flew solo
Jacob built his house a bit too close to the Gingerbread Fault Line
Grace and Josh made stained glass windows for their house by crushing Jolly Ranchers
and baking the pieces to melt the candy into the windows. Pretty cool actually
Lynsey decorated a Christmas sweater cookie and repurposed a Ninja cookie
into a Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer cookie.
Lily, Lucy
James
Ryan, Samuel
Mirva, Annabelle
Mama Martha made hats for everyone!
Lily liked her hat and her new boots!
Hannah, still in Spain
Getting ready for a fun but messy project
Did someone say "fun but messy"?
Tea at sunset in Grenada
Meanwhile, back in Spain...
