New Years and such

We spent New Years Eve and New Years day with the Nowlands.  Jeremy's sister Becky and her family came to visit and we had a great time seeing them, even if her husband and all four of her kids were sick. :(  Everyone was constantly washing hands and sanitizing surfaces so the whole house wouldn't get sick, and by some miracle it worked.  Our whole family and Jeremy's parents were all spared.

The Nowlands always have a great spread on holidays, and this was no exception.  We enjoyed lots of yummy food!

 Eli and Connor love all their cousins.  It's really cute the way they look up to them and follow them around.

Even baby Levi was sick, poor thing.  But he was still so cute!  He looks exactly like his daddy.

 We went to the park again...man, I miss that already.

 Eli, Connor, and Lydia.

 Lucky Jeremy got some snuggles.

  Jeremy took the boys outside one day and Eli saw some boards and got it into his head that he wanted to build a house.  So Jeremy got him some nails and a hammer and he was thoroughly entertained for quite some time. I love his tongue sticking out as he concentrates. :)

Then the next day, they nailed two boards together and then stood the other ones against them and really did make a little house! :)  Eli was in heaven, although he looks very unhappy as he's squinting into the sun in this picture...

 I hardly got any pictures of Becky's family, probably because of the sickies, but we really enjoyed being able to see them.  Jeremy saw them a few months ago, but the boys and I hadn't seen them in a year, so it was great to visit and see their cute baby!  Yea for family!