Christmas: Grand Rapids

This year, we spent a weekend in GR and a separate weekend in Cadillac to celebrate Christmas and Lucy's birthday. 
 We got to meet Ashley's new kitten Nessie. She was super sweet and the boys didn't have any allergy trouble! 
 My mom watched the kiddos while Curt and I saw the new Star Wars movie with my brother Matt. 
 Lucy had fun doing puzzles with Molly at the Christmas party. 
 Lucy got to open a lot of presents since we celebrated her birthday and Christmas. 

 Aunt Jess made yummy cupcakes for the party. We were sad that she couldn't make it to the party because she was in the hospital not feeling very good. 
 Ben and Caleb anxiously waiting to open their presents. 
 Lucy got a huge pack of Disney princess barbie dolls. 
Ben and Caleb both got cool robots! 

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