Carroll Christmas (Take 1 & 2)

Gregg, Millie (8mo), Becky, Julie, Rachel, Shay, Olive (3 yrs),

Amma and Brett

Grandma Ginger, Baron (7mo), Kadyn (4), Kyra (6, in back) Olive, Shay, Millie and Grandpa Bill

Despite not so hot weather, we were able to celebrate with both sides of Brett's family this Christmas season. On Christmas Eve we headed to our church for an early service and then to Amma's house for dinner and presents. On the 26th we went over to Grandpa Bill's and Grandma Ginger's house for an almost all day celebration. Fun!

Sturm Family

We posed for this picture a bit after Thanksgiving, but I just got a copy of it. Here is the whole family!

Duluth Weekend

Lights of the liftbridge and boat- amazing

Train ride to Bentleyville

Carroll Family

Burns Family

Breck and Shay playing on the rock while waiting for the train to come pick us up- perhaps one of Shay's favorite parts-- go figure

We headed to Duluth last weekend for an overdue visit with the Burns family. What a blast we had! We visited alot, ate well, relaxed, played with lots of toys, were impressed by Breck's awesome vocabulary (maybe Shay will pick up some of it :), read books and just hung out. A highlight to our visit was taking a short train ride to Bentleyville, which is a HUGE light display near canal park. The display is free and open to the public- boy were we impressed. I would recommend anyone to take a visit there. The pictures are snapshots of our 2 hour extravaganza! Thanks Burns Family-- we always have so much fun!

Picking Out Her Own Outfit

When Brett and Shay are together, Brett often lets Shay pick out her own outfit (I usually give her a choice between 2 outfits). Above is a great example of our future fashion trend setter..

Thank You Catharine (Bliss Photography)!

We were lucky enough to have my friend Catharine (Patrick's mom) take our family photos again this fall/winter. She does such a wonderful job, even with a toddler who was short on sleep! A few of the pictures taken are displayed this year on our holiday card :) You can check out more pictures of our family on her blog http://blissphotographymn.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-11-30T16%3A59%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=7

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving this year with almost the whole Carroll family. Ages ranged from 1 month to over 80 years. Shay enjoyed playing with cousins Olive, Millie and Andy, while Brett and I enjoyed good conversation.