Christmas Eve

We stayed busy all day for Christmas Eve.

After breakfast, we all decorated the tree. Liam was surprisingly nondestructive!

All afternoon I cooked my first gumbo, which turned out mighty tasty!!! After Liam's nap, I had him assist by helping me make cookies for Santa.

Since I smooshed the dough into the forms rather than roll it and cut it, the cookies came out of the oven unrecognizable. I was to ashamed for an "after" pic.

We went to church for Lessons and Carols and returned home for a smashing supper!

(don't judge for the instant rice!)

I wanted to read Twas the Night Before Christmas, but we don't own the book (nor was my computer working for the digital version). Fire Trucks were fine, really!

Nighty Night!

FBC Christmas Time Fun

I LOVE the young adults of FBC Shreveport, and all their awesome kids! We had several Christmas events for the children this year.

The first was a cookie decorating/ornament exchange party at Bethany Hardison's granola shop. Everyone had a really great time, though the activities were more successful for kids 3 and up. (unless we call it a cookie eating party!)

The next day, we took the kids on a carolling hayride. The fact that there was no hay didn't stop us from jingling all the way!

I look forward for continuing the FBC fun in 2011!!!

Sarah's Newest Undertaking

Hi friends!

I wanted to let you know that I am starting a new blog. I will still be posting pictures of the best kid ever on this blog, so don't fret! This new blog can be found here, and I hope you will all join me in my daily reflections:

http://onebookthreeyears.blogspot.com

Thanks to you all for taking an interest in The Sherry Family!

Much love,

Sarah

Liam Meets Santa

Liam's first Santa visit:

Oh, how easily he's bribed with candy!

Ho Ho Ho!

Wandering

Liam and I went to see Leif in Austin this past weekend. Here are some shots of Liam exploring:

Giving Thanks

I'm thankful for these sweet cousins, although this is the best I could get of all four kids out of about 25 pictures!

I am thankful for this family!

And I am eternally grateful for this amazing little boy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wisconsin

Leif, Liam and I took a trip to Madison the weekend before Thanksgiving to introduce Liam to Leif's extended family and hunt. Well, Leif hunted at least. Mostly, we just chilled with Liam's paternal great grandparents!

Liam ran free at the airport to get it out of his system before the flight. Not too wild though...a constrained free run, I'd say.

In the wheelchair that had so many amazing characteristics:

And hanging by the window:
He did pretty great on the 2-hour flight, confined to our laps. Only complained on the descent!



Every evening Grandpa Sherry built a fire and Grandma Sherry provided aperitifs whilst preparing supper. Here we are relaxing with our drinks at the hearth. Well, Leif and Liam aren't relaxing too much. This is Liam's new favorite game:


Three generations of Sherry men (missing one in the middle, though):

Still not relaxing:

Keeping Mama entertained, though:

Our first morning we attempted an outing to the swing set. Poor kid's fingers practically froze:

Later that day we visited Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The inside was warm and humid, the outside...not so much.

Waving at the goldfish:

(At one point a little quail scurried right past Liam as he sauntered carelessly down the path. It scared the kid silly!)

We were crazy to go outside (and the only ones doing it) but we all wanted to see the Thai Pavilion.

Grandma Sherry, our fearless(albeit hat-less) leader:

There it is!

You see that we did buy Liam some mittens before this excursion:

His smile looks just like his cousin, Kaylyn's, here:

The next day, Leif went hunting and Liam and I watched the Badgers game with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Jill. We also hit the library for an afternoon outing. I have no pictures to prove any of this happened, unfortunately.

Here's Leif in his tree stand, at least:

I don't know why the picture is upside down, but c'est la vie!

Early (early) plane ride back the next day. Liam was a little more squirmy (and Leif a little more snoozy), but we made it without any major mishaps!

"...No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" Liam's favorite new rhyme:

Good trip and a great visit with family! Hope to see you all again sometime soon!!!