Christmas(es) 2012

Christmas #1: Our Family Christmas

Simple, but so good just to be the three of us...

probably in part because we've had so much time apart lately.

Helping Daddy unwrap gifts

Jack's been into airplanes since flying to and from WA,
so he got an airplane and...

an airplane book...

...which can only be read while holding his plane!

Christmas #2: Brinkman Christmas

A few days on the farm...enough time to celebrate Christmas, play some ball, see most of the extended family, and get some tractor rides.  Almost none of which I got pictures of...imagine that!

Painting with Grandma Nan

Opening gifts with a couple of his Aunts

Christmas #3: Helmkamp Christmas

And finally south for a few days with the Helmkamps.  It was fun to have the cousins together--Ryan and I decided we're pretty spoiled to have two older nieces who are so good with littler cousins!

Reading with Papa

Lazy River with Dad at the little water park

where we spent a morning. 

Little snowman warming up with Grammi

Our little goof-wad entertaining himself on the 6-hr ride home!