Sunday, January 01, 2017

Christmas Galore!

Boy oh boy, did we have a wonderful Christmas season!  

Snow storm fun in Oak Park. Gloria above.

Luke, Oliver and Gloria.

First stop:  Christmas in Iowa!  Gloria with Katelyn.

Fun with Grandma Doobay.  Luke, Oliver and Gloria.  This was an extra special trip, since this will be out last Christmas in Ames since Grandma and Grandpa Doobay will soon be moving to Iowa City.

Enjoying Grandma Doobay's World Famous Waffles!  Oliver.

Luke.

Gloria and the fun Heater.

Amy and Gloria.

Puzzle Time with Grandpa Doobay.

Epic Battleship game with Grandpa Doobay.  Oliver and Luke.

Fun with coloring!

Cousin time!  Luke, Oliver, Katelyn, Tommy and Lily.

Jenga!  Oliver, Tommy and Franklin.  

Luke, Katelyn and Lily.

Presents time!  Oliver, Tommy, Gloria and Franklin.  

The Doobay Cousins Ten!

Tommy and Gloria.  

Oliver with Grandma and Grandpa Doobay.

What a crew!

We went to St. Thomas Church to celebrate Violet's baptism. 

Gloria, Katelyn and Lily.  

The Doobays!

Such wonderful memories from a great home!  The Farm will be missed, but we are excited to fill Grandma and Grandpa Doobay's new house (once they choose one!) with tons of new memories!  

Back in Oak Park -- Santa came while we were away!  Yes!  Luke and Oliver with new Cubs sweatshirts.  

Gloria.

Luke and Oliver.  

Gloria.

Fun presents!  

Amy with Luke, Gloria and Oliver.  

We just returned from a fun weekend to the Blair Farm celebrating Christmas over New Years Eve Weekend.  Fun cousins Thomas and Liam above. 

Oliver and Luke.  

Gloria.  

Luke, Oliver and Grandma Blair.  

Luke, Grandpa Blair and Oliver.  

Gloria and Grandma Blair.  

Pancake time!  

Minecraft Champions!  Liam, Luke, Oliver and Thomas.  

Amazing food and company!

Fun cousins.  


Kids' table rules!  

Deb and Joe put together a beautiful table with wonderful company and delicious food!  

Luke having fun with Great Grandpa Grimes.  

Thanks to the Kinrades, we had a fun project -- putting together a Marx Train set from the 1940s.  It works beautifully and was a fun project for these budding engineers!  



Time to Ring in the New Year!

Happy New Year!

Mild weather for this time of year, but still a perfect amount of snow remains just north of the house on the farm for sledding.  

Whoa!






One more tractor ride, please, Grandpa?!  

Fun time making frosting for sugar cookies.  

Quite the assembly line!  

What a great Christmas!!!