Amelia's Third Birthday: Gruffalo Themed

We lost our card reader so we couldn't download photos for awhile.  But here are some from Amelia's birthday party in March.  Apparently Darrel took all the photos so he isn't in any of them.  But you will see our grandson John, granddaughter Amelia, daughter Rachel, son-in-law Bryan, daughter-in-law Amanda, and me.  Rachel did a beautiful job of theming all the activities, decorations, and food to the Gruffalo book that Amelia loves so much.

Family Build-Your-Own-Christmas-Tree-Pizza Christmas 2012

For our 2012 family Christmas on December 27 (coordinating schedules is a challenge!), we had everyone over for build your own Christmas tree pizzas.  I precut the pizzas into Christmas tree shapes and stacked them between layers of waxed paper, but it wasn't enough.  By the time we peeled the dough off the waxed paper, it no longer looked like a tree, but it was fun just the same, and everyone chose their own "decorations" for their pizza.  Hint for next time--thoroughly coat the pre-cut dough with flour.

Attendees:  Darrel and me, my mother Marilyn Marchant, my daughters Emily Womelsduff and Rachel Gough, and her husband Bryan and kids Amelia and John, Darrel's kids Jen, Peet, and Andrew Montzingo, Andrew's wife Amanda and in-laws Johnny, Susan, and Kelli Smith, Darrel's parents Lloyd and Eleanore Montzingo, and our niece Megan Montzingo (whose family lives in Thailand now).

Here are some photos from our evening.

Grandkids Galore

Kathryn was in town last month with our two grandboys Ayden and Landon, so we had them and Rachel and her family over for dinner--lots of activity in this tiny condo!  This was before Rachel and Bryan's new baby boy was born.  Emily and Amanda were here, too.  We made mini-pizzas.