Christmas Vacation 2016

We had a really nice Christmas break this year.  It was shorter than in years past so we made sure to cherish each day and fill our days with fun activities! 

Eddie departed on Christmas Eve after a day with Cinderella.  See you next year Eddie!

We went to the 4:30 children's service at church to watch the Wolfer girls play in the bell choir, enjoy the kids performance, and sing Silent Night with the added light of glow sticks :)

She loves her big brother.

The Holick side came back to our house after church for some food and drinks.  The kids have so much fun with their cousins.  There was definitely a lot of excitement in the air!

Before the kids could get to it...

This year was truly magical with a 5 year old and 3 year old.  They both understand the Christmas traditions and were SO excited for Santa Claus to come.  Hopefully we have a handful more of these years where the kids are just as excited as they were this year and still believe.  I barely took any pictures this year (could kick myself) but we have a few...

Quinn's favorite gift.  It's larger than her and she loves to give her Barbies baths, park their car in the garage, and take them for a dip in the pool.  

Watch out.  If it's not a NERF gun, it's some other sort of weapon.

My dad, Mary, and Mackenzie drove down the afternoon of Christmas to spend the night.  Darby and Bill came as well for the afternoon and dinner before heading to Dayton to spend time with Bill's family.

One of the kids' favorite gifts this year were their shark and mermaid blankets from grandpa.  Who knew a blanket could make them so happy?

The crew.

Grandpa got Nolan a moon to hang on his wall.  It has a remote and Nolan can make the moon light up at various cycles of the moon.  He loves the remote.

Once the chaos of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day calmed down, it was fun to have several days with the kids to unwind, visit with friends, and relax a little.

One of our actives that week was a painting class at an art studio in Powell.  It is located above a candy store so the kids had fun participating in the class and then they got to go downstairs and pick out a piece of candy.

We celebrated Nolan's friend Chloe's birthday at the movie "Sing."  It was really cute and the kids had fun!

Relaxing with mom.  I love that my job allows me this time off to unwind and spend quality time with my family.

Look at those cute little feet!