The Regan Family: I said I would keep up!

Well, after rescuing my poor laptop from the depths of VIRUS-VILLE, I am back up and running and can now actually make an update to the ol’ Blog! Just like I said in the previous entry, I would try to keep up before Christmas snuck up, and here I am the day before Christmas Eve!

We hosted Thanksgiving here with the Regan Family…

Many memories are made at the Kiddie Table...

Shortly after Thanksgiving we celebrated our BIG girl Mia, 3 years old!
Finally, she got her OWN Frozen dresses! An Elsa costume from Nana and an Anna from GG.

"Who wants cake?"

If you can see past the neon glowing frosting (ick!), you will see the beautiful little 3 year old, beaming!

It’s baaaaaack, the Annual Family Cookie Bake! We loved having all of our family here to kick off the Christmas celebrating.

One of a few new additions this year, was the KID cookie decorating table!

Elizabeth’s niece Taylor joined us this year, and what a welcome playmate she was!

Enjoying a cookie (or 2 or 3!)...

In all of the pictures up till now, have you noticed anything interesting about our attire? This year I also instituted a “Crazy Christmas Attire Contest”.

Nana, in a genuinely beautiful Christmas sweater, snuggling with Bo Bo.

There's that Kiddie Table again!

Lunch is served!

Look at that spread of cookies! All of the family's best bakers came out and brought their A game!

Here's another view of the cookies. Oh wait, can you not see them past those massive and beautiful shoulder pads??

Brian actually won the coveted Crazy Christmas Attire contest!

Uncle Mike and Aunt Elizabeth

Group shot!

Wait, where are the children? Oh yeah, they're in the basement kickin' it old school playing Super Mario Brothers, doo doo doo-doo!

But you should have seen them scamper up the stairs like the little sugar monsters they are when Aunt Mary announced she had little containers for the children to create their own cookie trays!

Oh how we love Aunt Mary (who received second place for that awesome shirt!).

And that brings us to Christmas! I did not use my big camera very much that evening (or even at Nana's house at all, ugh!), I will definitely put up a separate post from my phone with other pictures!

So, Zeke got a blower as a gift. He got right to work keep trash at bay. Thanks Z!

Bo is starting to understand what happens when a camera is in his face, a BIG flash goes off and it makes him hold this squinchy face. LOVE.

(And he has his FAVORITE gift from Grandpa! A new and INDESTRUCTIBLE push toy!)

Bo's pile. He's ready to get to work. Though, like any baby or toddler, he finds the most joy in the packaging or boxes.

Drawing numbers for the Gift Exchange, which was new this year!

So glad I was nearby with the big camera when we set all the cousins together for a group shot!

(Please note: Mia and Zeke. CUUUUUUTE)

Okay, silly face time!

Christmas Morning!

One of my favorite profiles in the whole world, Marlo's chubby chin smile. Same as when she was an infant! I hope it stays that way forever! Here she is showing much happiness for her new "pet" bird.