Christmas With Friends...

Definitely the 'most wonderful time of the year'! Westside Pizza & Wings comes highly recommended (especially if they end up sponsoring our yearbook...haha)...

The Commons, so beautifully decorated this year; made each day a delight.

Santa, more commonly referred to as Pastor Nichols, stopped in for a visit. Haven't done this for a few years, and the littles though it to be wonderful. :)


Above the party noise some sweet voices were heard singing carols; this is what we found gathered around the tree:

Sweet Memories!

Nichols' Christmas 2010

Let the fun begin!

Checkin' out the loot...

Camera not cooperating...difficult to see Santa, but he's there... :)


Filling new digital coin banks with rolls of coins from Mama N.

Thinks he's gettin' too big for this...

Granny lovin' her laughing monkey and the bow that came with it...

Exicted about Aunt Stephanie's gift for her new baby sis...

Cheesin' with Daddy...

BLESSED!

WISHING YOU A BLESSED CHRISTMAS 2010!

Faces of Thanksgiving...

Not sure how we missed posting Thanksgiving pics, but better late than never, I suppose! We didn't get too many pics this year, due to the photographer spending much of her vacation sick with the flu. There will be some who are really happy to see these, and you can feel free to save them to your computer without feeling like a thief...haha (that's for you, Val)! I didn't post most of the group pics...they just weren't quite worthy. It's a little difficult when there are like 40 cameras, all coming from different directions, and a zillion kids who are looking every which way! I think next year we ought to elect one person to take all the group pics and email them to anyone who wants them...but since the tradition is 40 cameras, 40 cameras it will probably be! :) We are thankful to have had another opportunity to be with one part of our family tree this Thanksgiving. The importance that the Yount's place on 'family' is evident by the effort that is made each year to keep this tradition alive for our kids.

December Days...

On December 3rd, we attended a benefit concert for Heritage Christian School in Marion, OH. It was fun to see the Booth Brothers perform in a smaller, more relaxed forum, and we enjoyed their music. Afterward, we were able to spend some time with our friends, Phil and Stephenie Brugger, and their sweet little family of three boys and one princess! We did get some wierd looks, coming into Applebees with 8 kids at 10:00 at night...
The boys had part in our school Christmas play this year, and they were lucky enough to get to wear pjs!

Kaitlynn with some friends before the program...

This girl is definitely sporting happy smile! She waited 6 1/2 years to lose her first tooth, and boy, was she thrilled! Daddy offered to pull it early (it was sitting almost sideways by the time she finally pulled it), but her philosophy was, "It'll fall out when it falls out!" Smart girl...she found a small wooden box, lined it with tissue, and put the tooth in it. The following Sunday she took the box to church, where it was promptly filled with $1 bills by those who were charmed by her toothless smile. :) All 3 of the remaining front teeth are loose, so by Christmas, who knows?

The recent snowstorm has given us a few more hours at home than normal, and we have enjoyed sitting around the tree, fire blazing in the fireplace, listening to Christmas music. This season will fly by all too quickly, so in between all the sickness and the busyness, we are trying to maximize our time! The first of our three Christmas gatherings happens this Saturday with our family here in Lima. We get to have one a week for the next three weeks, and that spreads things out nicely. We hope that you're days are "merry and bright" and that your Christmas shopping is almost finished...only 11 days!