New Years Eve 2011

We enjoyed ringing in the new year with my family...well, almost. We all actually headed home before midnight this year because it's a Saturday night and we need to get up for church in the morning; but we had a ton of fun together for most of the hours before midnight.

Newborn Brandon was very cute as he slept under the dining room table.

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas day has arrived! After all the planning and decorating and shopping and parties, the day of Christ's birth is upon us. Celebrating Christmas on a Sunday can be tricky, but it is wonderful to be able to worship at church on such a day. After a slightly quicker Christmas morning than usual (and a Christmas morning that was extra special since it was Henry's first), we went to church. From church we drove to Doylestown and spent the afternoon and evening celebrating with Jeff's entire family. 
Here are a few pictures from the day.....

The kids love the agonizing wait at the top of the stairs while Jeff and I take pictures and turn on the Christmas lights downstairs.

I'm so happy that Henry decided to learn how to sit up prior to Christmas morning.  It was fun to see him "open" his gifts.

Kate loves tutus.  She even wears them to bed...and Christmas morning.

Only Grace can pull off, so well, a hat and mitten set that includes bunny ears.

Joost was especially happy to receive the Star Wars trilogy.

Even as an adult, it's great to be with your parents on Christmas day.

Christmas Eve 2011

We have a busy Christmas schedule ahead of us. Tonight we'll be having a Christmas celebration with my side of the family at Uncle Alan's house. After that we head to church for the Christmas Eve service. The kids are dressed in their Christmas best to help celebrate the coming of our Savior to earth.

Tomorrow morning, the six of us will celebrate Christmas in our own home before heading to church. After church, we will drive to Doylestown to finish our Christmas holiday with Jeff's family.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night....

Christmas at the Capitol

Christmas break is upon us. There's several days before Christmas and the kids are crazy for something festive to do.   We've already done everything Christmasy in Hershey--now to the state capitol (which just so happens to be where we live.)

We enjoyed the morning as we looked at the Christmas tree in the Capitol Building, explored the building and had lunch at Strawberry Square.

The kids' agonizing count down to Christmas will soon be over....

Bosworth Christmas a few days early

Since we're spending Christmas in Doylestown this year with Jeff's family, we had our Christmas celebration today with my family. It's nice to spread out Christmas over a week--so much time and effort goes into preparing for Christmas and it's good to drag it out.

We opened gifts....

...and ate a yummy dinner.

After dinner, we opened our Christmas crackers.  They seem to be becoming a tradition.  I guess that's only appropriate since we have a good deal of British blood in our family histories.

It was a merry start to the holiday!

35 weeks old

Today we had the treat of seeing one of my dear friends from childhood. Erin stopped by to drop off a Christmas gift (which included loose leaf tea--always a great gift!) and was able to meet Henry for the first time.

34 weeks old

We're slow pokes in this family. All of the kids have reached the baby milestones many weeks and months after the "average" kid. With Joost, I was worried. By Henry, I know that's just how my babies are. So, here's sweet Henry, just shy of 8 months old, finally deciding to try and sit.