Galena 2012!

The Moroney family continued the tradition of celebrating Christmas in style in Galena!  This is the 4th year (I think) we have done this.  We had two houses right next to each other and it worked out great!  This year we drew names and had to get everyone a gift and a t-shirt.  There were all sorts of shirts handed out.  Dad got a muscle tee (he did put it on but asked me not to put it on the internet), Cindy got a Miss Winthrop Shirt, (she was Miss Winthrop in 1969), and Jim got co-founder of the East Buchanan Golf Team, just to name a few!  It was an awesome weekend and we had great weather, and as always it seemed too short!

Kael with the Ladies!

Kreighton showing off her new boots!

Miss Clara throwing kisses

The Lyness Ladies and their men

Katie and Mike

The Moroney kids

James and Bridget told us they were having a boy 

A onsie for Baby Best

Who needs hands to eat cookies

The December, January, February, and March Birthdays (and Kreighton) shared a cake made by Grandma (I wondered if this would have been ok when we were younger)

Kreighton brushing Sissy's hair...she wanted her to look like Rapunzel!

"Hey Boys the kids have been done coloring for a while"

Fun times With The Moroney's (And Sissy)

The Moroney's were home from Minneapolis for a week!  We had fun staying busy doing fun things!

Kyle giving Clara a ride on the lawn mower

Kael hanging with Uncle James

Future Architect 

Announcing the Show

They even talked Sissy into getting in on the action!

Miniature Golf

I am hardly even in any of the pictures!

Hard to believe it was nice enough to be at the park!

Fun Swinging!

It was a great week!  Too bad Will was in school so he couldn't join in on the fun!!!!

And Another Christmas!

A few days after Christmas we had a lot cousins arrive to town...the kids were so excited!! And we had a lot of fun and stayed very busy!  I feel like I did not take a ton a pictures but here are some of the ones I got!

My "all Boy" had to have a doll in the picture!

Kreighton surprised me by willing to ride a horse 

JuJu's turns!

Watching Fireworks!

Miss Clara and Bappa Craig at the New Years Eve Party!

It was a great week and we had so much fun with cousins!  We did have one problem while everyone was back....the Cyclone Fairy tried to outshine the Hawkeye Fairy...."The Cyclone Fairy" attempted to brainwash my children and fill them with all sorts of lies...we have been having to clean up this mess and are making progress!  More pictures to follow.....

Christmas Eve/Morning!

I have a lot of posts to catch on...it seems like Christmas was forever ago!

Christmas at our house was very exciting...I will let the pictures do the talking!!!

The night before!

Let the present ripping begin!

Kreighton was so excited about the skirt, she saw it at Old Navy and said she wanted it, Santa was afraid he  had "lost" it so was very excited to see it wrapped up with another shirt!

Kyle loved his new hat and puzzles!

And a Pioneer coat just like Daddy and Bappa!

Making pancakes after church!

Sissy and Grandma and Grandpa came out!

And why not turn the pancake batter into something he can use his new construction vehicles in!

He loved it...I wish I came up with this creative idea bit it was all Kyle!

Over to Grandma and Grandpa Pecks, where Kyle for a farm table to play with all his tractors on!  Grandma Marilyn painted it!

Kael just hanging out!

A new coffee maker!

A picture of Mommy and Kreighton!

Kreighton modeling her new outfit!

I bought the kids super cute outfits for church and not sure why but I did not get a picture!!!  We had a great Christmas Day!

Teeth Pulling!

We had Christmas Eve at my Mom and Dad's house, Will had a very loose tooth so I talked him into letting me "pull it"!  Will has been my guinea pig for a lot of things, he was the 1st kid I potty-trained, 1st haircut I ever gave, and well know he has been the 1st tooth I have pulled!

Tying the tooth!

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