Holiday time!

 We had a rockin' Halloween party!

The kids sang their little hearts out at their holiday concerts.

 We hung out with Santa and his elves at the PBA holiday party.

 Dani turned 7!  Chuck E Cheese birthday party!

 Christmas!  Just the five of us this year.

And woosh, there went 2015.

Holiday pics.

 It was such a nice day when we did our Christmas card pics, that we were able to get some great fall pics as well.

 

I call this one Tommy's Zoolander face.

 Wes happened to be wearing a jersey too, so he jumped in.  This one made the Christmas card.

 Some smooches for the little brother.

 We always have to take a few silly ones--this made the card too!

December!

We, of course, had a home celebration for Dani's 6th birthday.  So much fun.

 School Christmas concert...our fearless Tori had a case of stage fright!

 Not Dani!  She had a blast!

 For the first time we went to the Schenectady PBA Breakfast with Santa.  (Wes never mentioned it before this year, but it is, apparently an annual event.)  Dani meets an elf.

 Tommy was in awe of Santa!

 Another Tori oddity...she wanted no part of Santa.

 Until she got a present, then he got a hug.

 Celebrating Great-Aunt Virginia's 99th birthday at Teresian House.

 Tori had a haircut and asked for a blowout.  She loved it!

 And CHRISTMAS!

Of course, Grandma and Grandpa came!

We hosted a Christmas Eve party and the kids wanted to dress up!

 Posing with Grandma.

 Christmas morning! 

What a smart Santa!  He wrapped each kid's present in different wrapping paper!  Way to go Santa!

 Santa is apparently unfazed by the term "some assembly required".  It took Grandpa and Mommy about 45 minutes to put the trampoline together!  (So worth it, though!)

 No, it's  not KISS or the Insane Clown Posse, Grandma bought facepaints for the kids.  All Grandpa needs is a black star on his eye, and we'd have KISS.

 A balloon animal kit from Grandma.  (She didn't realize we were already pros at these types of balloons!  She tried to get Grandpa to blow them up, and then I broke out the pump!)

 New Years!  We rang the new year in at 8:00pm so the kiddos could participate!  (We also did it at midnight too!)

What a super fun December!

Models?

It's now an annual thing that I pay someone to take holiday pictures of my kids for the office and personal card.  It sure beats threatening them within an inch of their lives to get a smile.

This year, it was a lot of fun.  I found a tux for Tommy for $29, and couldn't resist.  Got the girls a few dresses and the rest is history!

I'd wanted to do a pic with lights for a long time.  I brought them, and it was super cute.

 Loving on their little bro.

 His eyes how they sparkle!  His dimples so merry!

 

 The thinking man.  Can you tell we didn't think his feet would be in any pictures?  Tori's moccasins with no socks!

 It's so hard to get three little faces looking in the right direction and smiling at the same time.