family visit!

Last weekend, the weekend before Christmas, Tom's mom and dad, two brothers (one sister in law) and sister came to visit! We had such a great time with them and love having family come visit! We went to Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs and Old Colorado City and then took them to our church Christmas party...which was themed after "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and Tom was actually the grinch! We are so grateful to them for making the trip to come and visit!

these are from the church Christmas party:

Taylor and her Aunt Ellen...they have crazy "Who" hair...

Tom's faces crack me up!

Max and Grandpa

Taylor giving Max a big hug...

These next few pics are of Taylor and Maxwell in nursery together (at our church). Today was actually their last day together. Next week Taylor will move into an older class and Max will stay in nursery). I happened to have my camera lastd week and slipped in to get some pictures of them. Taylor has been such a sweet sister to Max; she always holds his hand and walks him there and watches out for them and during their song time (pictured below) she always makes sure he's sitting next to her. They're such sweet kids!

this is when Max finally realized I was behind him...

playing instruments during the songtime...

with family again playing games last Sunday night: