Farrell Family Daily Photo Blog: December 2011

Saturday, December 31

Miranda December 31, 2011

New Years fun! Believe me, it was a crazy night! : )

Maureen December 31, 2011

Jumping in to kick off the birthday party!

Marla December 31, 2011

New Year's Eve with "Red Woody"...yes, that is Jenny on stage with the band.

Friday, December 30

Thursday, December 29

Maureen December 29, 2011

With the kitchen table cleared off, Annie & I have room to play Kings in the Corners there, now!

Marla December 29, 2011

Cole had a friend sleepover today...they were playing "patty cake" before I tried to take this photo.

Wednesday, December 28

Maureen December 28, 2011

Took some pictures of the decorations downtown, while walking home from the gym, today

Tuesday, December 27

Maureen December 27, 2011

Beginning today, there will be no more pile of papers on my kitchen table!

Marla December 27, 2011b

Playing cards before we had cake to celebrate Dylan's birthday.

Monday, December 26

Miranda December 26, 2011

What a mess! But, we can't complain. It was such a wonderful Christmas! Thank you to everyone! xo

Marla December 26, 2011

Trying out the "Yonanas" machine that we got for Christmas.

Maureen December 26, 2011

Nice afternoon to have a picnic at the fort

Sunday, December 25

Marla December 25, 2011

Helping Cole with his presents from Santa

Maureen December 25, 2011

Santa brought Shelby a computer & Annie an IPod Touch! Happy kids, today :-) Thanks, Santa! Only wish Allison was here, too...

Saturday, December 24

Cole and Maya (a girl from our neighborhood that we carpool with for religion class). They (along with others) played music at church for an hour before mass and during mass. And, in the next photo...let the unwrapping begin!!!

Maureen December 24, 2011

Such fun!

Friday, December 23

Miranda December 23, 2011

The stockings are hung with care!

Maureen December 23, 2011

We decided to make some rosettes today. After about half of the usual batter, we mixed in some molasses, ginger, cinnamon & cloves, to try making them gingerbread flavored. I've still got a cold, so I'm not sure whether they're yummy or not.

Thursday, December 22

Marla December 22, 2011

We took Eric's Mom to Mooseheart to see the Christmas lights.

Miranda December 22, 2011

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Maureen December 22, 2011

I woke up with a pretty bad sinus infection or maybe it's a cold. Annie helped me make some noodles & veggie broth for us to share.

Wednesday, December 21

Jen December 21, 2011

Today we finally got to see Joe!! He came home from deployment. We made a sign for him and they kids were so excited to see him. We even got interviewed for the news but we got bumped off once they got footage of the 1st open Gay kiss. Joe was almost the last person to get off the ship we were waiting in the rain and it got cold.

Marla December 21, 2011

Vaughn went with me today to donate blood...it was his first time donating. Do you donate blood? Why or why not?

Miranda December 21, 2011

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Maureen December 21, 2011

Annie is teaching Bryce how to play the cello

Tuesday, December 20

Miranda December 20, 2011

Trying poprocks for the first time!

Maureen December 20, 2011

At Shelby's class party, today.

Monday, December 19

Maureen December 19, 2011

Annie failed her school eye exam, so we brought her in to get tested by an optometrist. Although we'd probably gone in for a regular appointment some time in the past year, it turns out that she is nearsighted enough, now, to need glasses. We went to pick them up today.

Miranda December 19, 2011

All the stockings are hung - can you find what's different in this picture? We are waiting for Gabriele's stocking to be embroidered, so he has a 'stand in' stocking for now.

Sunday, December 18

Jen December 18, 2011

This was at the children's holiday party Joe's ship threw before the ship returned. It was at Hunts club they have animals there and Santa was also there. They raffled for the 1st kiss and first hug. who would have thought the winner would have made history. First kiss ever where girl wins first kiss with her girlfriend/fiance.

Marla December 18, 2011

I am so glad that Dad taught us how to drive stick shift. Our van has not been running very well and I have had to drive Vaughn's car for the past few days. I actually like driving stick shift...it is fun.

Maureen December 18, 2011

I had to work at Carson's tonight, while Jim brought the rest of the family to the zoo to see Santa.

Miranda December 18, 2011

What a mess - I so dislike these kind of things! The DVD player isn't working, so i tried to replace it with another one that we had - I actually got it to work!