Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and happy new year! We hope you all had wonderful holidays. After a couple of weeks of both kids being sick, we recovered just in time for Christmas weekend. Jeff had to work inpatient at the hospital on Christmas Day and the day after, so we did presents super early. After that, the kids and I enjoyed a lazy day at home with the Fleming side. Then we hosted the extended Fleming and Colgan aunts and uncles on Saturday. It was lovely! There is nothing better than watching the chaos of grandkids opening presents and playing with them all day. We had great family time and lots and lots of yummy food.

Unfortunately, a few days later we learned that Jeff's mom's cancer is back. Here's a link to her blog if you'd like to keep up: janefleming.blogspot.com. The news has been a little easier to take this time since we know what to expect, and we know that her cancer responded really well to the chemo regimen we used last time. Please keep her in your prayers over the next six months.

To finish on a positive note, here are some pics of the kids at Christmas:

Searching for our perfect Christmas tree

It was an exhausting experience

I had a very good helper in the kitchen getting ready for all of our company

Liddy got new headbands in her stocking

Jack was very good at supervising Lydia to make sure she didn't need help unwrapping her gifts. He was just dying to do it for her and, for the most part, showed restraint in letting her do it herself.

Lydia enjoying her new backpack and a new book with Grandpa Bob and Jeff