Macy Li swinging at Nannie's on Christmas Eve morning
Macy Li praying with her cousin
Cabbage Patch Baby
China doll from Nannie
Cousins
Papa and Macy Li
Nolan and Nannie
Puttin' on her lipstick before Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at church
Leaving for church
She sang her heart out and held on to that candle for dear life!
After church, our friends the Manuels, came over for our annual
Pajama-Christmas movie party...
All these kids are growing up so fast!
Cookies for Santa!
Waking up Nolan on Christmas morning...
Running to see the dollhouse Santa brought...
Our house has never seen so much pink!
Tater :)
This little $3 camera was her very favorite gift!
Ty
Nolan
Oh no, make-up!
Piggies! We love 'em, but she won't leave 'em in...
All the girls greeting Papa...
My sister and her family in their matching Christmas jammies
When Macy Li saw the girls in their scarves, she had to have one herself...
My sister and I joined in with the pig-tails
(*Note: she's 12 years younger than me! ;))
Prayin' before our annual Christmas dinner...
Notice all the peekers...busted!
Our annual Christmas dinner...
Jennifer, Papa, McKenna and Me
Nolan: "Is there something in my teeth?"
Honestly, I think our name should be Griswold!
Never a dull moment at our dinner table! Proper, we're NOT!
All my boys, what can I say?
Here, Maggie Leigh (3) is saying "The Pledge of Allegiance" for us...
Clark Griswold: clearly moved, in his Clark Griswold-way
Tyler Griswold: bored out of his mind
Peyton Griswold: hahaha!
Grandma Griswold: thoroughly enthralled
I told you, it's crazy around here!
After an hour of sitting around the dinner table, the natives got wrestless and
decided to "go camping" under the table!
Then, it was more gifts...
Nolan, "Goggin" and Tyler
Beautiful Maggie!
Fancy Nancy in all her glory!
The next morning, the girls had to beautify themselves...
Bath-time...
Macy & Granny (100) totally into each other...
Awww...
Trouble!
Macy-Sandwich
The girls came down in these costumes they found in Macy Li's closet...
3 little monkeys jumping in the bed...
Future Marthas...
She's gonna kill me for this one, but this is my Type A, completely organized
sister freaking out over how messy my pantry was...so I said, "Knock yourself out!"
And she did...and I did with the camera! haha!
Here are the rottweilers tearing into my peanut butter cookies...
There's more to come...stay tuned.
29 comments:
Love it as usual! Looks like Christmas with the Griswold's was amazing. Love the girls Christmas dresses and the pigtails for the big girls. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes only for 2010.
Sherry
Ontario, Canada
Beautiful pictures! Looks like a wonderful time was had by all!
gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous...i wouldn't mind being part of that griswold family! :-)
Wonderful pictures! I love Macy's clothes! Too Sweet!
Beautiful pictures. I love the little girls in their matching outfits. Too precious. You look adorable in your matching pigtails!! Love it!!! May all your dreams and wishes come true in 2010. I look forward to reading what this next 12 months bring to your family. Happy New Year!!
LOVE IT..
you guys are always having sooo much fun..
I am thinking if we lived closer we could have sooooo much fun..
Love all the decorations and like always.. Macy Li is the cutest...
Hugs..
Happy New Year..
Can't wait to see the next post..
Love ya my friend...
thanks for stopping by my blog! I am so pleased to find yours!!! Your little girl is beautiful and it looks like you all had a wonderful Christmas! Great photos!
Love all the beautiful decorations. Also her outfits are all adorable! Happy New Year!
What a fun and sweet family you are! Happy 2010!!!
WOW! What beautiful photos. Love PJ movie night idea and may need to steal that one. And of course those matching dresses for the cousins are adorable just like the shot of your boys! Your decorations are spectacular. But that pledge scene takes the cake!
Soooo ... I am thinking you all can just consider this your fair warning ... next visit "home" we are just crashing the Griswalds house to join in the fun!!! :o)
Happy New Year sweet friends!
Love & Blessings from Hong Kong!
Kim
awww...family pictures are my favorite!!! love the pigtails and I especially love the picture of
Macy Li in the sink and Grandma watching her.....soooo precious!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
love,
~m
Oh my goodness! Where do I start?!
First, I love, love, love the Christmas PJ party! We were snowed in and in our PJs for 72 hours and it was soooo much fun!
Second, I am completely drooling over your walk in pantry! Chef Daddy would KILL to have your kitchen and pantry!
Third, the girls look absolutely adorable in their matching pillowcase dresses! I just ordered Kamree three new ones from Etsy!
Hope you and your sweet family have a Happy New Year!
I love this post. All your pics are so cute. I LOVE every one of Maci's outfits!!
Happy New Year!!
Beautiful Pictures! and a beautiful family! Happy New year!
I love coming here - always makes me smile! Your family is beautiful and I love how close you all are. It reminds me of my family :o)
Your home looks gorgeous with all the Christmas decorations. Thanks for sharing with us!
Wishing you a blessed and Happy New Year!
Beautiful! So much love and faith... good times! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, may it be full of love, peace and blessings!
Andrea
You have outdone yourself with pics again Rhonda! So many cute ones, but my favs are you and your sister with piggies, the three girls in their pretty dresses, and the one of Macy Li laying on grandma!
Precious!
Looks like you had a joyous Christmas! Best wishes to all of you for a wonderful 2010!!
So sweet and what a fun Christmas you all had!! You have one silly, wonderful family, don't you!
Best wishes for 2010!
Janet
Your Christmas pictures are beautiful!! Just wondered if you could let us know where you found the beautiful Asian, glass ornaments. So sweet, would love to have three of those hanging on our tree...next year:) We are a family of seven, my three youngest daughters were all born in China. Happy New Year to you, and, you family.
Hi Diane!
Looked for your email, but it wasn't there....The ornaments: I bought those at Pier One last year ('08) prior to Christmas. I gave several as gifts and I do love them too! Every year, I look for unique Asian or Chinese ornaments to add to our tree, and I always find one or two there, as well as ChinaSprout and other places online. Anyway, thanks for the compliment and I hope you find something similar.
~Rhonda
Good a.m., Rhonda:
Thank you for sharing on the precious ornament! I hopped right on over to Pier One's sight:( nothing to be found online, however, maybe in the stores!! Anywho, you have given me ambition to be on a hunt throughout this year for our tree of 2010(hard to imgagine time flying sooo quickly).
May you and your family find many Blessings awaiting you throughout this New Year.
Thank you for taking the time to share about the ornament!! Not sure where the email address goes, computers are pretty much my challenge:)
I love your pictures and have really enjoyed your blog. What kind of camera do you use? Your family is beautiful!!
Stacy
Arkansas
Hi Stacy F. from Arkansas,
Well, I have no clue, so I just asked my hubby and he said a Canon 5D, Mark 1. The lens he uses the most is 70-200 2.8, 24-70 4.0
Now, that's Greek to me! It's his expensive hobby, but he's really never had any instruction on how to use all this. I've been telling him that he needs to take some classes, and he promises he will.
As for me, I use one of those little teenager pocket cameras that's under $200 (as you're looking through our pics, it's rather obvious when I use my camera vs. when he uses his).....even at that, I'm challenged. It's really sad.
Anyway, thanks for the compliment! Hope that made sense...not sure if I typed it the way it's supposed to read.
Blessings!
~Rhonda
i LOVE this!!!! can i be adopted before next christmas? macy li's outfits are adorable as always, mom... and your boys (all 4 of them!) are such cuties!!!! glad y'all had such a merry christmas!
p.s. .. if there are any leftover cookies, i'll be glad to handle that situation for you. :)
I am coming to your house next Christmas!! It looks like y'all have SO MUCH FUN!! I loved looking through all of your Christmas memories!!
Please tell me where you ordered the matching pillowcase dresses....OMG, the girls are absolutely adorable!! I have ordered Sarah a few from a couple different Etsy shops, but the quality is different depending on who you order from..... If you don't mind, can you email me the info? lisamuth at hotmail dot com
Happy New Year!! Hope 2010 brings your family lots of health and happiness.
xo,
Lisa
Rhonda, I absolutely adored looking at your pictures! They are wonderful, and what a great family celebration. From the delight on Macy's face when she saw that doll house to the cute hugs from all the family members to the sweet prayers to your drop-dead gorgeous decorations... loved it ALL!
Wishing you the happiest of New Year's with all that is best in life for you and those you love! Be blessed, sweet girl...
XO,
Sheila :-)
Ummm...wow...I have decided that we will come to your house next Christmas! What a great time! I LOVE all of the family pictures....I LOVE the warmth that I could feel just looking at these pictures....I think I would just LOVE all of your family! You must feel so blessed...all the time! Many blessings to all of you.
Loved it all, Rhonda! Makes my heart full and thankful to our great God for how He has blessed us all! Blessings to your family in 2010!
BTW, After much prayer and visiting, Gracie has decided on Union Univ in Jackson, TN...thanks for answering questions about Samford...it was a very close second! We are thrilled for her!
So happy to have found your blog. It seems we share a mutual bloggy friend, and a mutual bloggy award (thanks Kim!!) Looks like I picked a great time to stop by, as this post is filled with GREAT photos of your family. Such a fun introduction!! You have a truly gorgeous family, and so many of your photos just touched my heart. From the photo of your hubby holding Macy at the Christmas even service (I loved how they were holding the candle together and how you could clearly see his "Pray for China" bracelet!) to the 'boys' photo, to the pj movie party (LOVE that idea!!)...to the girls in their matching dresses...to you and your sister in your matching piggy tails!! ...to your BEAUTIFUL Christmas decor. LOVED it ALL!!
Look forward to perusing through your blog and getting to 'know' you better in the future. Any friend of Kims is a friend of mine!!
Blessings and Hugs,
~ Tanya
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