Rosa Parks Circle

My whole family met Matt downtown after work and went ice skating at Rosa Parks together.  Kate had a lot of fun, but Liv didn't really want anything to do with it; she just snuggled me the whole time:)

Kadzban Christmas 2015

We celebrated Christmas with the Kadzban side on December 29, once everyone was in town.  We had breakfast together at Real Food Cafe, and then spent the rest of the day at my parent's house.  The girls had so much fun with all their aunts and uncles, and Burley and Cece.

excited to open presents!

Kate is a big fan of the Water Wow books!

a new art table!

fun with Aunt Sam:)

Pridgeon Christmas 2015

We spent Christmas morning at home, opening presents and having breakfast together as a family.  Look at these nuts:  

After that, we packed up and headed to the farm to celebrate Christmas there.  The girls loved spending time with their cousin Anna and we all enjoyed lots of family time and yummy food together.

homemade pasta!

playing Kate's new CandyLand game:)

bubbles in the sink!

Christmas Eve 2015

My brother, Adam, was in town on Christmas Eve, so we started out the day by having breakfast with he and my parents at Anna's House.  We spent the rest of the day hanging out at my parent's house, with a quick trip out to look at a minivan, until it was time for church.  Kate's class got to sing on the stage again this year and she was SO excited about it.  She knew pretty much all the words to both songs and did such a good job.  I was a proud momma:)

reading Christmas books with Grandma

singing on the big stage!

I took a video too, but for some reason the videos don't seem to be working on here, so you'll have to use your imagination:)

more December 2015

Just getting a little deep conditioning in (avocado):

We went to see the Christmas trees and model train at Frederick Meijer Gardens, and the girls were excited to find both of the places daddy works: Van Andel Institute on the left, HDVCH on the right:

The Saturday we went to get our Christmas tree was not snowy at all, and it was probably about 50 outside.  Oh well, we found a beautiful tree and the girls had fun running all over the tree farm!

Uncle Bri Guy came to visit for a long weekend in mid-December.  We got lots of Christmas shopping done, and lots of hang out time in as well:)

One night while Matt was working, I took the girls to the live nativity with my friend Sarah and her two little ones.  The girls really love each other.

Downtown Market on a Saturday morning

And then one day right before Christmas, it was warm enough to take a walk outside.  Seriously, is this December or October?

farm visit

We spent the first weekend of December at the farm, visiting family, and hanging out with Bri Guy as he recovered.  We took the girls to see Santa at a Christmas tree farm, along with Paul and Nikki and Anna.  Kate thought it was great.  As you can see from the picture, Liv was terrified.

decorating with Aunt Tessa

There was lots of playing and laughing and cousin time.  We are so very thankful for Brian and the way God is healing him, post-tumor.  It's been a pretty amazing journey.

playing outside in December

crazy weather we're having!