Bildner Christmas Party

We celebrated Christmas last weekend with Brook's mom's family at Trent and April's. It was a great little get-together with almost all of his aunts, uncles and cousins. Plenty of good food, lots of laughs and a very memorable evening!

Catching Up

Can you believe Christmas is ONE week from tomorrow? IMO, this is the best time of year; unfortunately, it goes by wayyyy too quickly! I just checked my calendar and Thanksgiving was 3 weeks ago - whoa, time to quit being lazy and post some pics.

We started the day with church to thank God for His countless blessings and then went to Brook's grandma's in Parma for Meal 1. This year, I told myself I would not eat as much as I did last year at Meal 1. Yeah right, Brook's mom is a fantastic cook! If only I had self-control when it came to food! Oh well, the food and the company were great.

Meal 2 was at my mom's brother's (Uncle Jeff) house. We always celebrate Thanksgiving with his family and my grandparents. This year, with just 2 families and Gma and Gpa, there were 32 of us. (Gotta love being Catholic!) A fun tradition we have is to all go to a movie after dinner. This year, we went up to the IMAX theater in Lansing and watched "A Christmas Carol."

Love this pic - look at Veronica posing in the back!

In their matching Thanksgiving outfits from Grandma Theresa

Julia pushing Sophie . . . haha!

Gma & Gpa, Uncle Jeff's family and our family - oh my, how we've grown!