A DeYoung Family Christmas

Our attempt at a family picture! Skyler & Cadence playing "Gone Fishin"

Cadence loves his new books!

Skyler got a new memoboard!

Cadence'e 2 favorite things- Elmo & Dinosaurs!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY/GRANDPA TOMMY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!

Merry Christmas to Our Military!

I just wanted to remember those who will not be home this Christmas to celebrate with their loved ones because they are fighting for our freedom. This is a picture of my Dad taken in '98. Although he was home that Christmas, he was not in 1994. While all of us spent the Holidays in New York City, Dad was in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. He was actually gone most of my sophomore year of high school. Having a parent gone off to war is never easy, and Christmas time makes it that much harder. I wish I would have known this song then. I'm sure I asked Santa to bring my Dad home too! I love you Daddy!! And someone has a birthday tomorrow....

A Night With....ELMO!

This evening, Cadence and I headed to the Pike's Peak Center to see "Sesame Street Live! Elmo Makes Music". The tickets were a gift from Grandma & Grandpa Tanhoff to Cadence for Christmas! What better gift for Cadence than his 3 favorite things: music, dancing and ELMO! Although he enjoyed all the Sesame Street characters, he is simply fascinated with Elmo. He would get a little nervous when Elmo would leave the stage and repeatedly ask for him, but Elmo was never off for very long. There was always so much to see and the show was interactive. During intermission, we got up to walk around and Cadence kept asking & signing "more". I assured him there was more Elmo to come. We were only 6 rows from the front, so we had a GREAT view.
Thank you Grandma & Grandpa for a wonderful gift~ as you can see, he was over the moon!






Cadence signing for "more" Elmo at intermission!

The Sesame Street Gang!

Ernie is asking to help him find the number of the day!

Taking it all in...........

Elmo & Grover (who happens to be MY favorite)

A Weekend In Keystone!

This past weekend, Brandon & I spent the weekend at The Ski Tip Lodge in Keystone, CO. It was a quaint little B&B and was our birthday present from Brandon's Mom & Dad. Brandon's sister Stacy and her husband, Ben, were also staying at the lodge as their gift as well. We had a great time exploring the area, taking in the beautiful, snow covered scenery, eating yummy food, drinking some good drinks and trying new beers (Breckenridge Brewery) and even tried tubing for the first time! Just being able to spend time together was very nice as Grandma & Grandpa took care of ALL the grandchildren this weekend!! Of course, we got up there Friday and my camera says "change battery pack"- go figure. So I was able to capture some pics on my camera phone!

The tubing hill~ what a BLAST!

The Gondola

Brandon the snowy Mountain Man. There was sooo much snow!

Breckenridge was having a snow sculpture contest. This one was in front of Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. where we ate Friday night. Mmmmmm.....

Let There Be Peace On Earth...

A group called B.E.S.T. which includes individuals with Down syndrome, singing and signing "Let There Be Peace On Earth".

A Little Color....

Here are the pics we had done only in some different color settings. I LOVE them! I think I will use the last one as Christmas card!

Little Man

I don't know how, but I forgot to put this one up of Cadence when we did the photoshoot last week...it's one of my favorites!

All I Want For Christmas....

What I wouldn't give to have one of these little angels under my tree on Christmas morning!! But since that in unlikely this year, I would settle for a Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree Ornament! If you're looking for the perfect gift for, say...me or anyone else, why not sponsor an orphan with Down syndrome and receive a beautiful ornament with your chosen child's picture on it to remind us what Christmas is all about. For $35, you can have an ornament sent with your chosen child's picture AND have the satisfaction of knowing you could help that child find a Forever Family!! If you have not done so yet, PLEASE visit REECE'S RAINBOW ANGEL TREE and glance at all the beautiful little faces this year!

We Elfed Grandma & Grandpa!!!

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