A few days after we arrived in KC, we turned back around and drove with my parents (who drove from Denver and met up with us here in KC) out to my sister’s house in Anderson, Indiana for Christmas.  Despite the stress and upheaval in our lives, we really enjoyed Christmas there and felt like we could really relax for a few days.  It was so fun getting to spend time with our nieces (Mady & Laurell!) and nephew (Logan!) too - and Siena was simply thrilled with them!  :o)  She still misses her playmates!  It was a fun Christmas with Siena, as she could appreciate the gifts and especially tearing open the wrapping paper this year!

It snowed A LOT while we were there.  We had the treat of building a giant snow cat with the kids on our last day!  So much fun!  Thank you, Heather and Kevin, for making Christmas so special for us this year!  We had a wonderful time!

Celebrating the last night of Advent together and having a family prayer time…PopPop, Laurell, Logan, Gg, and Mady

Kisses from PopPop & Gg!

Heather and their kitty, Star…Siena even learned to say KITTY while we were at their house!  She loved Star!

Rudolph the red-nosed Star-deer!

Siena leading the singing for Happy Birthday…AGAIN…even though it’s not her birthday anymore!  :o)

Mady, Logan, Siena, & Laurell

Laurell & Auntie Terra!

The kids love their crazy Uncle Ryan-o!  He keeps them laughing!

The girls in their matching dresses from Heather!  We obviously needed to get Siena some black tights!  :o)

The giant snow cat we made!  And then we ran around throwing kids in the snow and making snow angels!  So much fun!

Kevin, Laurell, Terra, Ryan, Dad, & Logan

Our sleeping angel…