Thursday, January 13, 2011

the many faces of christmas

christmas was a jolly time as we gathered together as a family to be with one another. it was a season of sharing, playing, nurturing, eating, drinking & being merry!

the little boys made hand puppets with aunt lulu.

bradoc was happy to have lots of family members & new playmates at his house.

bradoc & teaguey did their best to instill in aunt lulu a love for little children. :)
(as only they can !)

then there was B*A*B*Y !

baby dylan had lots of different faces. we loved each one of them!

he was the face of christmas!

the handmaidens were readily available for whatever princess lu needed :)

and her needs were many!

in the meantime, uncle brad took advantage of a little one on one time to share a popsicle with baby dylan.

christmas morning brought lots of surprises & happy faces!

even dad did it right this year!

uncle bobby always had a warm lap for whatever the man cubs wanted or needed.

occasionally :) dad found himself in the kitchen.

bobby & the ma dolly had a lot of catching up to do.

papa & "b" did some dinosaur excavating.

miss chaya entertained us with her violin.

uncle john & baby dylan became best friends!

bradoc learned a new face to pull when a certain someone (aunt lulu) was bugging him!

natalie was happy to be natalie!

"b" loved spending time with papa and hearing his many stories.

danny had cousins, as well as teddy, to play with.

in the end, it was a season of love & family and a desire to be together again soon.

xoxoxo

3 comments:

Natalie said...

That last picture of Chaya and Bradoc is adorable!!!! Cute, cute pictures & fun memories!! xoxox

Bobby said...

The Shane clan doesn't get together quite enough!

ssh said...

i love that cry face! and i love that i'm typing this in warm weather now, and have warmed up since these pix were taken.