Wrapping up 2016

The past few weeks have been full!  There was Christmas...and New Years...And in the midst of all this, AUNT AMY's visit!  Now we've gotten back into the "normal routine" of school and work.  But we didn't want to get too much further into 2017 without wrapping up 2016 well.

Highlights of Christmas Day!
Gifts & time together!

Nick opening his "Christmas Shoe" 

Bracelets from MaMa 

Cashino Royale

Unicorn Emma in her science lab

Brunch!  A highlight not only of Christmas but of LIFE. 

The Galley and Dining Room Teams doing a walk of honor around the dining room - they do SUCH a remarkable job with this special meal!

Joy to the World all over the place!

Aunt Amy!

We don't have nearly enough pictures from Christmas Day with her in them...but she was here and that was a highlight!

And Highlights of New Years!

4 shots of espresso in my favorite new mug that kept me up to ring in the new year!

Games! In light of Nick's recent thoughts on triangles and circles, it was interesting to see the many circles that were happening all over mid-ships...

Bananagrams - en Espanol

Ninja...or something like that

Uno with a whole lot of extra rules

 Friends!

 The confetti!  It was rather epic (and cleaning it up wasn't so bad either).

 And, of course, AUNT AMY! (and cute pirates named Ben)

2017 has gotten off to a beautiful start.  We're excited about what this year holds...and we'll be putting our trust in our Ever Faithful God every step of the way.  Thank you for continuing to walk with us on this journey.

Surely there will be more to come.