Christmas! Nativity/gift exchange!

Your fam joined us for a Christmas celebration.  We started with the gift exchange. . .

 And when your daddy picked up the package I knew held your beloved granny panties I couldn't help but think maybe you had a hand in this.  He was dying laughing and when he realized they were YOURS he laughed even harder knowing you were scheming from the other side!

 He wouldn't try them on, even though we begged :)

 Ben got an ipad homemade from Lexi :)

 Then we moved onto the nativity as is tradition.  Your boys performed beautifully of course :)

 Nathan filled in for baby Jesus :)

 I hope your Christmas was beautiful Lans. . we love you.

Baby love and anniversary

I don't think I've posted these before . . these pictures were from my parents 40th wedding anniversary.  We surprised them!  Matthew was just a tiny guy then.  10/2/09. 

Thanksgiving!!

We had the privillege of attending another Brown/Smith Thanksgiving this year.  And got to hug on all 5 of those sweet little boys!  The bigger boys were harder to find!  

So much delicious food!!!  Marina made this green bean casserole I'm still dreaming of. . .

And your mom honored you as usual with the your favorite "green crap."  That green crap is delicious!  And worth all the hype you gave!

Blissful babies!!

True love!!

It's always a party!!!  So great to see everyone!!!

I was looking for pictures of the Thanksgiving we had with your family in my backyard forever ago.. . I don't think I took many pictures that year as I didn't find anything. . but in the process of searching I came across this gem.  :)  

Catching up!

These pictures were from some time in August or September . . sure wish I could remember what we were celebrating or how much fun it was. . . regardless, your kids are cute and the pictures show us that clearly we had a great time.