Dear Leah and Logan,
We survived a wonderful holiday season! It was a great family Christmas...
First, the weekend before Christmas, we got together for the 'Triad Christmas' with Ian & Tiffany (and baby Cadence) and Tina & Bobby. You kids played until you dropped that night, and baby Cadence showed she was growing up fast by keeping up with you.
Next, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house after picking up Layne, and we all squeezed in as Grandpa and Uncle Justin cooked us dinner. Uncle Justin was there too, but Uncle Mike and Aunt Daniela were in Germany.
Then on Christmas Eve, all 6 of us went over to Aunt Amanda's and Uncle Shane's, but not before we did family Christmas cookies. It was a fun event for all of us, and both of you did so good frosting cookies!! Leah, you LOOOOOOVED sprinkles- I bet you ate half the bottle. And Logan, you liked getting the frosting on you so you could lick it off. Mama tried to make purple frosting and her first attempt came out brown:) She eventually got us beautiful purple frosting, though!
Christmas Eve was all about good food and lots of presents with your cousins. Your cousin Emily is growing up so fast as well. I hope Emily and Logan get to be as close and as goofy as Leah and William.
Then came Christmas morning. Julia, Layne, and Leah slept later than we thought, but we had to physically wake Logan up. He was not happy for a bit, but he got better after a couple presents. Your mom and I loved watching your delight as all the presents were opened. The highlights of this year included the 6 foot unicorn and the remote controlled truck and giant green bug. Leah, your Christmas included plenty of pink princess stuff as well. The rest of the day was spent playing with your new toys until Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Justin arrived. We grilled steaks for dinner and it was a great, easy-going day.
I hope you guys are able to create great family traditions and holidays one day...family should always come first.
Happy New Year 2015!
Love,
Daddy
1/7/15
