Brigman Babes: Christmas 09

I'm WAY behind in my blogging these days and finally have a little time to play 'catch up'. Here are a few snapshots of our Lake Barcroft Christmas, just before our big move to New Orleans. We were going to move before Christmas, but the "Blizzard of 09" (see previous post) combined with Bill's pneumonia changed our plans. So, we rushed around and bought a few presents, got one of the last trees on the lot, unboxed a some decorations, and ended up having a wonderful Christmas!

Ella helping decorate the tree. She mostly liked hanging the red tiny balls, which is no surprise as she's an avid collector of "tiny balls"... that girl can find a tiny ball or a torn balloon just about everywhere she goes!

Kate hugging puppy. She was partial to the 'figurine' ornaments. You can see the bottom of the tree is getting more decorations than the top... time for mom and dad to step in!

Tree is all done and we're all ready for Christmas Eve Mass. Katie took this photo of Momma, Dada, and Ella. The girls picked out their own Christmas dresses this year. We were at Target and they saw these dresses and there was nothing I could do to dissuade them. These were just what the girls wanted to wear for Christmas. Ella thought she looked like an angle and in fact, Katie asked if she could borrow the dress for Halloween next year because she wants to dress up like an angel!

Ella's turn to play photographer. Here is Katie in her "Mrs. Clause" dress.

Daddy's turn to be photographer -- nice pix of Momma and her girls!

When we arrived at church, they were collecting kids to be angels. Ella immediately volunteered. Katie was a little more hesitant, but agreed. You'll see they were both given gold garland to wear as halos.

The girls on the alter. They weren't sure what to do exactly -- neither did anyone else, I don't think -- but, they hung out and let everyone ooooh and aaaah over all the little kids in their pretty Christmas dresses.