Christmas was busy but fun this year. We welcomed guests from Louisiana on the 22nd. Dean's brother Brian is getting married to Bailey in May. We invited Bailey's Family to Michigan for a white Christmas. Well, it wasn't as white as we had hoped, but there was a bit of snow on the ground the entire time they were here.
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| To welcome them to TC, we took them downtown. Here we are at Happy Hour at Red Ginger |
Sophie turned 3 this Christmas Eve. We celebrated her birthday with mostly family on the 24th.
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| Sophie was really excited her best friend Laila stopped by! |
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| She gave Sophie a Birthday Cake to use in her kitchen. |
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| Sophie's in-town cousins Drew and Ally came as well! |
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| Sophie's B-day Presents, she was very excited! |
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| Cake #1 from Ma Mai and Ta Tai- Coldstone's amazing Ice Cream Cake |
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| Cake #2 Traditional cake from Grandma Gail |
Christmas Eve
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| Ready for Church |
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| Winter Hats from Romania, Thanks Ma Mai and Ta Tai! |
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| Christmas Presents from the Kirby Family |
Christmas Morning:
Owen and Sophie asked for LeapPads from Santa, and he came through
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| Sophie asked for "a girl one" referring to her LeapPad. Santa listened and she got a purple one! |
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| Christmas Jammies |
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| Owen is LOVING his LeapPad! |
A Wonderful Christmas Day Walk:
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| The Group from Louisiana |
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| My future sister-in-law Bailey |
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| Sophie having fun in the snow |
And the Plum Family Arrives!
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| Grandma Gail and Grandpa Gary with all 12 Grandkids |
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| The Whole Group |
The Second Annual Plum Family Ski Trip
This year we decided to take advantage of The Homestead's $10 lift ticket. We put 9 kids on skis and all had a blast:
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| 9 Plum/Adams Kids on Skis |
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| Bea and Charlie |
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| The Madison Plums |
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| Sophie's 1st day on Skis |
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| Our first day skiing all together! |
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| The TC Plums |
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| The Grand Rapids Plums |
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| The Whole Gang- quite a crew! |
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| Grandpa Gary and Grandma Gail |
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| The Ann Arbor Plums |
Extreme Winter Sports continued at the Compound with some pretty hard core sledding
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| We had to get creative with safety equipment |
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| Sophie and Isaac |
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| Charlie |
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| Snow Man Building |
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| Nope, I don't think they're having fun |
Finally, our week concluded with a wedding down in Ann Arbor. Dean's sister Lynne got married. It was really fun to see that side of the family- it doesn't happen very often.
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| Liberty and Sophie |
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| All four cousins |
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| Owen's First Shirley Temple |
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| Mmmmm, that's good mom! |
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| Owen really got into the dancing, hitting up the flower girls pretty hard |
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| Sophie rocked the dance floor as well |
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| Funny Picture |
And for New Years....
Nothing to report, I went to work and Dean went to bed- at 9:30.
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