Day After Christmas at the Lardners

All the kids eating their lunch. A lot of "hams" at that table!

Dog pile on Eli!

Six wiggle worms in a hammock. You would have thought they would have flipped over but they didn't!

Cousin group shots

Michael, Peter, Breck and Joe hanging out by the barbecue.

3 year old Tom poses for an adorable picture!

Joe, Breck, Kath, Michael, Liz, Peter, Sue and Sara get to sit down for a kids free meal. Heaven!

Eli "petting" his newest cousin Abby.

That's more like it!

Drew passed out while watching a movie.

What Christmas Was All About at the Gouveias

Santa brought Eli a Wii for Christmas. Need I say more???

Before and After

Before the braces went on last January.

New hardware a year ago.

Finally they are off! Looking good!

First thing Eli wanted to eat was a bag a popcorn...his favorite snack. Poor thing hasn't been able to have it for a year! What a trooper!

Riding

Old lady comin' through! Getting the hang of it!

Eli zipping around the back lot of his Godparents house.

Kath no so zippy but staying on!

Maybe coming around the curve too fast at one point as he tipped his quad over. No injuries reported!

Eli's STOMP Performance

Eli waiting for the performance to start.

Spectators Tinoly (Birthday girl), Sophia, Brianda, Joe and Deo

The whole STOMP choir

The Pereira's with Eli after the show.

Very proud Mom and Dad with our star performer!

Bunco Christmas "Cookie Exchange"

Usually this time of year the Bunco Babes get together and do a cookie exchange. This year all of us were too pooped to make 72 cookies for the event so we opted to do an ornament exchange and treat ourselves to a nice dinner at Merchant and Main. We closed the place down and had to keep it to a dull roar. It's a small town! 12 women at one table! It wasn't easy!

Annual Christmas Celebration with the Pereira's

The Pereiras and Gouveias had Christmas celebrations together for the last 10+ years. A tradition that we all cherish. All of us after the tree is decorated.

Sophia and Eli decorating the tree.


Eli, Brianda and Sophia putting the finishing touches on our tree.


Tinoly lends a hand.


Eli and Sophia.


Eli and his Godmother Tinoly.

The kids unwrap their gifts.

Someone looks happy!

Our Goddaughter Brianda..off to college next year..sniff..sniff

Annual Pre Christmas Party at the Baptistas

Traditionally the Gouveia/Baptista/Gonzalez families get together at the Baptista's house the Saturday after Thanksgiving for a family pre holiday party. Thank you for hosting Mena and Alfredo!

Wow, look at that spread!

Dylan and Eli trade Nintendo games.

Our beautiful nieces Sonia, Maria and Carolina.

Every telling silly stories.

Don't mix too many drinks!

Apple Hill

Our annual trip up to Apple Hill this year was a wet one. Makes the picking of the tree a bit quicker.
Everyone deciding which way to go to look for the perfect tree.

Abbey, Eli, Isabella Ron and Tommy ready for the hunt.

Eli very eager to get his tree. He found one pretty fast. "This is the one", he says. He helped cut the tree down with the "cutter".

Joe and Eli waiting to get the tree strapped for the trip home.

Thanksgiving

Uncle Michael put Eli up in the tree to get the spiky balls from the top. The boys were up to some shenanigans with them in the yard.

Uncle Penn carves up the tasty bird.

The boys waiting for dinner to be served.

Our hostess Liz putting the finishing touches on the table.

Delicious!

November 26th is Uncle Penn's birthday so we celebrated that, Patty and Alice's birthdays as they fall close to the day too. Happy Birthday All!

Conductor Drew leading the chair train.

Everyone relaxing after a nice meal. Thank you Crowley Family!

The boys in their traditional Christmas p.j.'s.

Eli, Kaden, Liam and Drew put on a dance show. Those boys have the MOVES!