Merry Christmas!

This year we had a Kentucky Christmas.  We took the kids to CoCo Keys, a favorite indoor water park in Cincinnati, and had a nice dinner at a ribs place Brian has been wanting to try.  Grant fell asleep on the drive home at 6 pm and slept until 7 am the next morning!  He was one tired boy!


 Dusty the Christmas cat turns 11 this January!
 We had a nice Christmas Eve dinner and read the Christmas story by candle light and opened one present like we did growing up.  The kids woke up so early Christmas morning that I had already taken an hour nap by the time we went to church at 10 am!  Hahahaha.
 Here is Grant's favorite new toy:
 ...and Haley's:
 Here is what Brian and I got for ourselves:  new garage door torsion springs.  His and Hers.  We both love surprises, but I can't say this is the kind either of us was wishing for!
 It ended up being a good thing we stayed home this year since our chimney started leaking (again) on Christmas Eve and most days since.  It wouldn't have been fun to come home to ruined carpet on top of the cost of a new chimey cap.  Luckily we had a good chimney guy out about 6 months ago and knew this day was coming eventually, so now he'll come fix it up for good this week.  Oh the joys of home ownership!  Tis the season where things break for the Noehren's...every year...without fail!
It was a different Christmas than our usual yearly voyage to Connecticut, but was still good in many ways.  I missed seeing family - but didn't miss 4 days in the car with my kids!  Let's hope the new year brings much joy for each of us!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Too bad about the house problems. But it looks like you all had a very nice Christmas. Nice videos of some great presents. And I love the picture of Haley and the candles! So pretty. And Dusty looks festive in his hat! What an awesome cat. And of course Haley and Grant look good in their hats too.
December 27, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Ashlee said…
I'm glad you stayed around here so we could see you at church- so happy to be there:)!
December 27, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Jennifer's Kitchen said…
Yeah, home ownership does indeed have a lot of ups and downs! Too bad about the leaks & garage stuff. It sounds like a great Christmas, though. It is great to be with family at Christmas, but nice, too, to "do your own thing" sometimes, too. Great pictures!
December 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Amy said…
Sounds like a great Christmas! I really love that picture of Haley looking at the candles. What sweet kids.
December 30, 2011 at 4:29 PM
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