Christmas in IL

Ashley, Donna, Spencer, Christy, Owen and Ben

The day after Christmas, Jeremy took the boys up to his mother's to celebrate the holiday with his family.  I had to work on Thursday so I flew out then.  The boys had been looking forward to this trip for such a long time.  They LOVE seeing their cousin Spencer. I can't believe that he is 14 and already in high school.  (It's hard not to think of him as Owen's age!) They were especially excited to see Christy, their cousin who has been working in China. They think it's so cool to say that they "talk" (face time) to her while she's in a different country. Ben couldn't wait to see Ashley.  He recently saw an older picture of her when she was a blond and said "MOM! That looks like Gwen!!!" I immediately knew that he was talking about Gwen Stacy, who is blonde in the Amazing Spider-Man and is played by Emma Stone.

 We all got together on Friday and took see everyone when we took Donna out to celebrate her birthday on Friday. I sent my camera up with Jeremy and was surprised to see that he actually got it out!

Jeremy and the boys with his sisters, nieces, nephew, and Mom. 

Jeremy and his sisters with their Mom.