Merry Christmas 2021! (Siobhan)

~Merry Christmas 2021~

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!! We had a wonderful, quiet Christmas as a family this year. It was our last Christmas together before I move to Birmingham, so it was definitely bittersweet. We made so many precious memories, which I will always cherish!

It wouldn't be Christmas without our annual sibling cookie decorating!!

Our sibling gift exchange: Connor won the best wrapping, hands down!

One of the best parts of living in Alabama is being able to go on hikes on Christmas day! We went to Monte Sano as a family and enjoyed the gorgeous 70 degree weather. 

 

We ended Christmas day with a trip to 88 Buffet for a delicious dinner. Owen's favorite part was the ice cream :)

Merry Christmas 2020! (Siobhan)

~Merry Christmas 2020~

We had such a wonderful Christmas! It definitely looked different this year, but we enjoyed celebrating a lot of our traditions and starting some new ones. Here are some pictures :)

Christmas Cookie decorating is always one of our favorite traditions!

Shaila and I tried making a Buche de Noel log this year. It was a lot more complicated than we expected, but it was so much fun!

Every year we love visiting the Tinsel Trail. It is a trail along a river in downtown Huntsville, where local business decorate themed Christmas trees that you can walk through. The trees were so creative this year!

Ethan's art always blows me away. This is my favorite picture he has drawn so far, of little Owen!

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I hope you all had a blessed holiday season! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from our family to yours...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! (Siobhan)

~Merry Christmas and Happy New Year~

We had such a blessed holiday season and hope your family did as well! Wonderful meals with friends and family, a candlelight Christmas Eve service, amazing Christmas light displays, and fun holiday traditions are just a few of the things that made this season so special...

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 Christmas Day was a balmy 70 degrees, so we went out to the park as a family and flew the boys' new kites and enjoyed the gorgeous "summer" weather!

Christmas Cookies!

On Christmas we always go to a buffet as a family, but on New Years we love to stay home and cook some yummy appetizers! Nothing we made looked particularly appetizing, but it all tasted good!!

 Brie Apple and Honey Crostini

 Cheddar Pierogies with Caramelized Onion and Bacon

 Goat Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Dates with Rosemary Honey

We also made Easy Summer Herb and Chickpea Chopped Salad with Goat Cheese, Grilled Achiote Shrimp, Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Lemon Garlic Aioli,and Layered Zebra Mousse Cake!

Alabama even gave us the present of some snow! The kids were so excited.

 They made this snowman, and I was incredibly impressed until I realized its actual size...

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Connor made a little snow baby as a buddy for Owen!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!