Christmas with the Hinmans

We went to West Virginia for Christmas 2010, to spend the holidays with G'ma and G'pa Hinman, cousin Powells, cousin Edwards, and cousin Michaelises. It was a full house and unfortunately I only snapped a few photos.

Ava found a new friend:

 Hey, a nose!

She can play nice too, though her pats often turned violent as well...

Building an igloo. I can't believe I didn't get a finished shot. It turned out quite nicely:

Christmas morning, watching a video about the birth of Christ:

Kids enthralled with the game Angry Birds:

Garrett and Thomas in coincidentally matching jammies:

There, there, it's okay:



Why do kids hate photos?

This is old. After Thanksgiving, my siblings and I got together (we spent Thanksgiving with our in-laws). Tiffany was sick and couldn't make it, but requested a photo of all the kid cousins. This is the chaos that ensued.

Emma, Ava, Dave and Sam. Not a bad start...

In comes Naomi on the left and Thomas to the right of Ava:

Naomi wants out. Sam is done:

Leather couches appear to be too slippery for toddlers and babies:

Trying again. Ashton on the left, Ivan resituating Emma. Ava still unstable:

Naomi refusing to participate. Sam wanting out again:

Yeah, it's just not getting any better. So we gave up:

Lots of Family Fun

I've got lots of pics from the holidays, I'll try to space them out this week. First, today we blessed Ava. I finished making her dress at midnight, of course. It was a fun and special day, thanks to all our family and friends. We love you all!With Grandpa Hinman:Meeting cousins Callie and Alyssa for the first time: Sharing Christmas with cousins Preston and Jackson: Hey, watch where you put that finger!