This post is a bit late in coming... no good excuse other than we have been so busy having fun and enjoying the holiday festivities I just never got around to editing and uploading all the new pictures! We spent a lovely Christmas and New Year with Kieran and our families... here are some photos of various gatherings and events...
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| Helping Nana and Papa bake some peanut butter blossom cookies... I think he ate about half the Kisses he unwrapped ;) |
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| "Mmmmm... chocolate!!" |
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| "All done... now what?!" |
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"Eat them, Papa!!"
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| Kieran, the Transformers and Daddy decorate this year's tree... |
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| Mommy gets in on the tree-action ;) |
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| A new favorite ornament... a light-up Ironman! |
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| "The star goes on top, Daddy!" |
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| One tired little boy... |
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| So, so sweet :) |
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| Winter break fun with Camden at the new Ashland Library... |
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| "Look at this!" |
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| Best friends :) |
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| Fun in the snow on Mizzou's quad with a friend's daughter... |
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| Keeping up with the big girl! |
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| Love his expression in this picture ;) |
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| A pre-Christmas haircut with Aunty Shannon ;) |
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| Christmas eve party with the St. Charles Rother crew! Kieran was very excited to discover a couple gifts for him under the tree too... thank you to Aunt Janice and Ellen! We all had so much fun spending time with Rick's family :) |
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| Kieran with his great-grandmother... "What could it be?" |
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| A picture of Kieran, of course ;) |
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| Another gift for Kieran... remote-control ATV complete with hunter and deer... a favorite gift this year! |
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| Kieran with one of his second cousins- Miles... he had so much fun playing with all the Rother kiddos and asks about seeing them again all the time! |
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| Christmas morning at home... the shibas were pretty excited about all the boxes and paper ;) |
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| Rick playing Santa at my folks house Christmas morning... so chipper! |
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| Shannon was pretty excited about her Miko Barbie Doll... even grown-ups love toys for Christmas ;) |
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| I made a few gifts this year.... this is a set of Paris prints for Presley's bedroom. |
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| A mixed-media for mom (personalized paper dolls of my mom, her sister and her mother) |
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| A mixed media mandala for Sandy. |
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| "I got this for you Presley!" Kieran was very excited for his cousin to open the My Little Pony Train set he picked out for her! |
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| The HUGE castle from Santa... this has been another favorite Christmas gift... thanks Nana and Papa (I mean Santa ;)! |
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| Love the expressions here... not sure who was more excited about Kieran's Rainbow Brite doll... him or Auntie Shannon ;) |
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| Kieran explaining a new toy to his Papa |
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| Kieran in his Ninja Turtle hat, thanks Auntie Shannon! |
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| Mommy gets some new jewelry :) |
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| Trying out a sweater from Auntie Shannon... |
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| Papa with his Elvis gift-set :) |
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| Presley with her new baby doll- so excited! |
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| The kiddos with their stockings in their "fancy" Christmas attire ;) |
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| Auntie Shannon and Cousin Presley |
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| Santa-Kieran! |
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| Christmas festivities at Nene Orange's house... here Kieran is playing with yet another favorite toy- a Rescue Bot! Thanks Nene Orange (I mean Santa ;)! |
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| "Mmmmm.... frosting!" |
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| Kieran and his lovely Cousin Livy (and snow-Batman ;) |
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| Uncle Zack and Kirean... driving each other crazy! |
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| Christmas sparklers on the deck... |
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| The kids were so excited to try these out, that is until they were actually lit... they decided to observe from a safe distance ;) |
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| A perfect winter-break snow... heavy and wet... great for snowmen and snowballs! |
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| Kieran was very proud of our snowman, complete with "magic" hat ;) |
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| Shoveling the grass... I don't think he quite gets this winter activity ;) |
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| In lieu of sledding, Kieran opted for riding his tricycle and pushing his car around... which meant mommy had to shovel a LOT of sidewalk ;) |
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| A KIMS snowman made the first week back to school in 2013! |
