Christmastime.

We spent this Christmas in England visiting Chippie.  I posted pictures to Facebook taken with my smart phone while we were there.  These are the images from my *real* camera.  I forget how much I love my *real* camera sometimes.  So glad I took it with me as some of these pictures are new favorite of mine!!

 

Just off the plane -- the boys were such troopers on the over-night flight.  Owen and Liam ate dinner and went right to sleep.  Gavers tried.  He covered his head with his blanket and was out like a light...for about 45 minutes.  Then his ears started hurting.  A lot.  The rest of the trip, even with numbing drops for his ears, was miserable for him, for us, and the people around us.  But, we made it!

After a day at Chippie's recovering from jet lag, we hit the town for some shopping, Christmas decorations, and strolling.

 The night before Christmas, the boys set out cookies and milk, they fed the reindeer, and they went to bed remarkably early.

 We went to a Pub for lunch on Boxing Day -- took pictures in front of Chippie's house while we were all dressed up!

 Chippie's neighbor bought the boys a yummy gift -- they let me take a photo of them with it for Gwen to give to her as a thank you.

 Liam playing "Elf on the Shelf" never got old.

 Livin' the high life -- upgrades to Business Class ROCKED!

 We then had Christmas in Texas, where I didn't bring out the camera until company was leaving -- terrible of me.  Got this cute shot of Bram, Owen, and Liam. Gavin was not in the mood -- at all.

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and happy new year!!