George, Lori, Karen and Jennifer
Minus Bridget on Christmas Eve… the Agnew siblings brought merriment and joy to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for the holidays.
Lori and Bridget
We forgot to take a photo of the five of us in the chaos of Christmas Day, but I managed to capture Bridget before she returned to Chicago.
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Guess what they REALLY wanted for Christmas?
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Therese and her tiny cousin
The girls snuggle Avalee
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Avalee Leora Agnew
This adorable little bundle is our new niece, born December 1st. We were blessed to meet her -and hold her!- over Chirstmas.
The proud parents with Avalee
Here are George and Janelle with their gorgeous Santa baby.
Brendan gives Avalee a kiss under Grandpa's supervision
Bundled and sleeping-perfect!
Grandma enjoys the newest grandchild
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Christmas Eve Mass
Karen and Anthony
Aunt Jennifer and Brendan
Grandma and Aunt Bridget
Brendan loves this large rig
Myriam and her geography book
Mr. Anthony and Brendan
Aunt Jennifer and Therese
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Had to share these pictures of the latest addition to the McGovern family.
Aunt Jen and Uncle Dave surprised the kids (and Lori and I) with a pet tortoise for Christmas. The yet to be named Russian tortoise has been camped out in Grandma and Grandpa’s bedroom for the past few days.
I’m trying to decide if a pet monkey or a pet alligator will cause more havoc in the Chonowski household someday.
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Ready to party!
Every year The Heritage Foundation throws a fabulous Holiday Party that our kids look forward to from the first day of Advent! They get to wear their new gowns (and new jackets this year!). Brendan wore his little suit, but he was too busy and wouldn’t stand – or sit- still for a photo. Of course we were too busy eating and talking to take any pictures at the party. This one was taken at our house before we left. I thought the girls would be most excited to see Santa Claus (who makes an appearance every year with Mrs. Claus and big bag of goodies!) but they were really looking forward to… the chocolate fountain! Yes, in true “Agnew” fashion, they remembered sweet delicious fondue fountain where they could dip treats and fruit all evening. Oh, joy!
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Therese is THRILLED with this weather!
The snow is taller than Brendan in some places!
Smiling in the snow
Daddy- professional shoveler
Mommy
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The front walk
That large mound is our van- AFTER being cleaned twice by my husaband!
View of Mason Street
Mason Street the other direction
The lampost
Where is our house number?
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After reading The Legend of the Candy Cane and discovering the significance behind this classic Christmas treat, we found a little inspiration from Elizabeth Foss and decided to try homemade peppermint marshmallows. I don’t really like marshmallows and I LOVED these! I couldn’t stop eating them- plain, in hot cocoa, even in my morning coffee!
Myriam (dressed in African garb!) unwraps peppermints
The kids were hard at work unwrapping the mints while I set to work in the kitchen.
The bowl slowly fills up
Marshmallows are forming
One in the hand... one in the mouth- no wonder he is so happy!
The marshmallows before final formation
Letting them set
Time to salvage the remains
And enjoy!
So lickable!
Even the toddler gets some peppermint sugar!
Homemade marshmallows on homemade hot cocoa
You can find the recipe here for the yummy yummy marshmallows. You will not be sorry if you try these- and they are easy. So worth the temporary sticky mess!
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Brendan is thrilled to be painting
Therese concentrates on her candy canel
Myriam painting ornaments
Brendan gets some painting tips from Nan
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