Chambers Family Pictures

While we were in IL, we took family pictures.  Scott had already left, so I'm hoping to get him photo shopped in.  The pictures turned out great, especially the ones of all the cousins.  I have no idea how we got them all to look and smile at the same time.

Fun with cousins

Tyler and Molly had so much fun with their cousins when we were in IL.  They all play so well together. You can't tell that they haven't seen them in 5 months.  I'm so glad they are all such good friends. 

Molly adores her Uncle Tom!

My mom found an old tub of Tom's legos from when he was a kid.  Tyler and Kaleb were in heaven.  This occupied them for hours.

The 3 musketeers.  Tyler spent the night at Aunt Val's one night, so him and Zac had some time together.

 Kyla was so sweet playing with Molly.  They played Molly's games together and Kyla shared her toys with her. 

Uncle Tom helped the boys play Kaleb's new game.

My sister's wedding

One of the reasons we stayed in IL so long was because my sister, Kim was getting married the week after Christmas.  It was a really nice, small wedding and ceremony.  Here are some pics from her special day.

This is Ben's daughter, Gabby.  She played while everyone walked down the 

aisle.  

 Kim's kids, Kyla & Kaleb walked Ben down aisle, but they were too quick for me to get a picture.

This is Ben's son, Noah walking Kim down the aisle.

Exchanging rings

The new Summer's family

All the cousins

Molly and the Dogs

It's no secret that Molly loves doggies!  She has a million of them and takes turns playing with all of them.  Black puppy is always with her though.  Everyone we visited, she'd ask-have puppy?  She thinks everyone should have a puppy. These are pictures of Molly with all the dogs we saw.

First up is Jack.  The weekend before we left for IL, Scott's sister, Stacey was here with her dog, Jack.  Molly just loved him. 

Molly with my parent's dog, Jazzi

Molly with my sister, Valerie's dog, Jake

Molly with my brother's dog, Addy. 

The kids and I went into Chicago one day to visit my friend, Tiffany.  She has 3 dogs.  Molly was in heaven.

This is Enzo, he's an Irish Wolfhound.  He was taller than Molly, but she wasn't scared at all. 

This is Casper, a Westie like our Ivy

This is McKenzie, also a Westie.   She's 14 1/2.  She is the reason we got a Westie. Scott and I met her when we were engaged.  When we got a dog, we didn't want a big one, but we liked that Westies were small dogs with big personalities.  

If you ever have a dog that needs some lovin', Molly is the girl to call.

So Much Snow!

We arrived in IL on Monday evening and first thing Tuesday morning, Tyler was ready to play in the snow.  It was 8:00am and -9, but he didn't care.  He was in the snow as often as he could be in it.

This was Tuesday morning, -9 degrees

One of many walks with Grandpa

King of the Hill

Tyler and Kyla being silly

He loved to throw snowballs at me when I was trying to take pictures

A big icicle Tyler found

Fun sledding

My two sweeties!  Molly went out once for about 2 minutes.  I didn't even have time to take a picture.  Then she went out this day for about 15 minutes.  She didn't like getting all bundled up.

That is Tyler and Kaleb.  I wasn't quick enough to get a front view picture

Tyler helped shovel everytime it snowed

He thought he was pretty cool working the snow blower

Christmas in IL

It had been two years since we were in IL with my family for Christmas and it was great to celebrate with them again! Here are some pictures from Christmas.

Molly's favorite gift was her Pluto dog.  She took him everywhere!

The boys all got these army belts with a flashlight and canteen.  They thought they were pretty cool.

The scottie dog girls!

We went to my parent's church's Christmas Eve service. Molly loved when we lit the candles.