happiness is 5

 Quite possibly

 the most excited

 five year old

EVER!!

very belated merry

A way-belated set of memories from Christmas this year with this giant gang!!

Special guests arrived from afar and were

showered with lots

and lots of attention and love!

Especially this little cutie! 

Giant gaggles of kids

and adults (who were apparently busy elsewhere....),

lots of time in clean-up kitchen mode,

and good times for all.

Such fun!!

in the new year

The post-holiday season has found us

knee deep in legos,  

 and kitchen time with pretzel making.

 We celebrated the new year in chlorine - a mini trip to da U.P. for some major pool time, 

 reading (nose cleansing),

 flight simulation,

and feeling monumental.

Happy 2015!