Catching Up-The Days Before Christmas

I should be unpacking suitcases or washing dishes while I have a few minutes, but I decided to get started catching up the blog after our Christmas vacation. There will be a couple of more posts coming later, but for now, here are some pictures taken in the days leading up to Christmas:

Cutie Katherine:


Santa Mary Joyce:


Sisters by the Christmas Tree--Mary Joyce likes to "hold" Katherine, but considering there is only a 10 pound difference between the 2, it is more like Katherine leaning on Mary Joyce:


Mary Joyce has a fascination lately with tights and bows. There were a few days when I would take out pants to get her dressed, and she would very emphatically tell me "tights!" and "bow!" (By the way, when she says "bow," it has at least 2 syllables like any good southern girl's accent should.:


In their Christmas Dresses on the Sunday before Christmas:


Mary Joyce and the Christmas tree:


Christmas Katherine:


That's all for now. I'll try to post some Christmas morning pics and some from our trip to Louisiana later today or sometime this weekend.