More Christmas!

Christmas just didn't end for us this year! On the 28th of December, Grandma and "Pee Paw" came as well as Aunt Lisa and Cousin Aidan. Here are some more pictures of us enjoying Christmastime....



Above: Stella was Aunt Lisa OBSESSED!!!

Christmas Puppies

Grandma and Pappy bought some toys for Sophie and Stella for Christmas. You can see that they really love them!

Christmas Day!!

Alex made out really well from Santa! His favorite thing though is his new Wiggles Big Red Car!

Giving Mommy a big kiss to show how happy he was!

Opening one of his puzzles and testing to make sure they all still fit!
Stella is bored by the festivities.

Decorated for Christmas

Here are some pics of the Tatusko residence decorated for the Holidays! We're very proud of the work we have done on the house.

Christmas with the Hartzells

On December 23rd, we had a very nice Christmas with Pappy, Grandma, Jeff, Jenny, Katie and Adam. Alex had so much fun that the next morning, he wanted to go back to Uncle Jeff and "Aunt Demmy's!" Here are some select pics from the festivities...

Before the party really gets rolling, Adam and Brenna show off their festive headgear.

The tree isn't falling down. I don't know what is up with that angle!
Adam is clearly posing for another camera across the room!
Gift opening as viewed from above.

But I don't WANT to sit on your lap Katie!!
Opening the gifts that Brian, Christy, Troy and Carter sent up from Tennessee.
I love lights! Even ones that are just in lamps! :)

The Hazards of Owning Dogs

We thought we'd try to get some good pictures of our house decorated for Christmas. So before all the wreaths went up, I went outside to try to get phase 1 of the decorations. Of course, Sophie and Stella wanted to join Mommy outside. I took a good 20 photos and when I got inside to download them, realized that Sophie had made her "mark" on one of the pictures. Enjoy......

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!

All the Hartzell grandkids. From l - r: Alex, Adam, Katie, Carter and Troy. Alex was not a big fan of this picture!!! I think he wanted Katie to hold him.

Below: I've called you all here today to tell you.....

Alex has three favorite times of the day - when the bus comes in the morning, in the evening and the lottery at 7 p.m.! Big fun! Here he is watching Austin and Brittany's bus go! He loves to wave bye bye at them!

Thanksgiving at Westminster

We love to stop by the Westminster campus every chance we get and show Alex where Mommy and Daddy met. Here are Alex and Daddy looking at the fish in Lake Brittain!

More Thanksgiving....

We're trying to start some holiday traditions with the family. The past three years, we have gone to the Light Up Night parade in Saxonburg. Alex really enjoys it!!