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Weekly Winners… It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas.
December 7th, 2008 by Tiff

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It is beginning to look alot like Christmas!

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Weekly Winners was so hard for me this week because I went a little mad and it was hard to pick. So, it’s a bit of a bumper edition.

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We decorated the house.

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We have a tiny tree for in memory of William. We add a new ornament each year. This was last years choice.

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This little red robin is actually very tiny but I was playing around with a macro lens, so I could get up close and personal.

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Christmas baubles.

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Tiny glass angel.

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Lily made this angel for the top of Will’s tree. It takes pride of place every year.

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The little girl was pretty excited.

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The boy was obsessed with his trains.

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Noah and Linus.

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Contemplative.

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The big twins.

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same as the first…

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the little twins.

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We went to the kids’ Carols by twilight on Friday evening. Hyphen - a typical Christmas happening in Australia.

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the choir sang.

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Lily played Mary in the play.

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Ivy posed beautiful.

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Lily backed up for the dance item.

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Watching the show.

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closer still.

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Looking for Santa

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First Santa sighting.

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Santa!

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Mal loved the whole night.

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Hi Santa!

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Santa’s ride.

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playful togetherness.

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quiet

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getting tired.

It was a really lovely night.

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33 Responses  
Marylin (184 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am

Absolutely beautiful, looks like a wonderful time! :)

Mum writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am

All great again this week but my favs are all three twin photos…….simply beautiful.

Tracey writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 10:00 am

How DID you pick just those? lol. They’re great!

Veronica (477 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 11:15 am

How am I meant to pick any that I prefer? How on earth did you! They are all fantastic.

Amy writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am

Very cool shots. Mum said Lily was brilliant as Mary :)

connie (22 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

Let me just say that ALL of these are beautifully amazing! I ♥ all the twin shots & 2 of my other faves are looking for Santa & First Santa sighting~♥ Ivy’s facial expressions! That’s a skinny Santa, LOL!

Christie (2 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

Beautiful pictures! Santa’s first sighting is my favorite - absolutely georgous!

julie (75 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

all are great…but Ivy seeing Santa is so cute!

Dr. Cason (59 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Wow these all were really great! I don’t know how you have the time! I can barely manage one photo a day!

hip chick (23 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

I love the first photo. Getting tired sort of sums up the season doesn’t it.

kompostela (35 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

Your children are very beautiful too!:)) It’s always big pleasure for me to see their’s photos. Little twins are so cute! I didn’t know that older girls are twins too:)) What beautiful girls are they!
It’s so interesting for me to see Christmas photos without snow and frost:))

frogpondsrock (211 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

I am standing back from the computer and I am giving you a standing ovation…

xxx Kim

m & B writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

I cannot pick a favourite this week. They are all awesome :-) It also helps having such gorgeous children!

Guera (151 comments.) writes:
December 7th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Lovely as always! My favourite this week is the little twins. So sweet!

Vicky (Secret Mom Thoughts) (20 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 12:32 am

Another great set. My favorite is Contemplative.

Sarah (17 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 12:54 am

Wonderful pictures this week! The kids look like they had a wonderful time!!!

Xbox4NappyRash (314 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 12:54 am

First Santa Sighting is my favourite.

SECRET AGENT MAMA (80 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 1:30 am

You want me to photograph your kids and I want you to photograph my kids. Let’s meet in the middle, darling! Play, food, and photography. My Goodness I’m squealing at the thought.

xxoo

Lisa (8 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 1:33 am

Now I can see why it was so hard to choose…they all came out great!

Tiaras & Tantrums (27 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 2:37 am

love tinkerbell - and the santa hats with shorts! That is cracking me - I have never been anywhere during christmas where there is NOT snow!!

Stacey (19 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 2:44 am

really great photos! I love the ornaments & the shots of the twins

Jeanette (219 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 3:22 am

Love how you caught the whole feeling of the night in your photos! Very special memories.

Kathleen (9 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 4:30 am

tiff - What absolutely beautiful photographs. I particularly love the ones of the decorations for little William’s tree each year. What a sweet, sweet way to remember him.

When my children were small, we would purchase ornaments for each year and also whenever we traveled for each of my sons. After they got married, we divided these ornaments between my two sons. Their wives loved seeing all of these and knowing the men they loved helped pick them out. It is so much fun to see their trees now and have these wonderful memories going back through each ornament and its history.

Some day your children will also have these memories of William’s trees and ornaments after you are gone. You are keeping William’s little life continuing here on earth in a very special way. Bless you sweet lady, for you know the true meaning of Christmas - one of which is love.

Jientje (80 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 5:16 am

I can’t just pick one out, they’re all so special! Okay, I’ll admit, the little twins are always my favourite ones! They are so adorable!

Cabe (5 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 7:25 am

The Canon 40D is an excellent camera! I’ve shot with it for a while and coming from a Nikon fan, I was blown away. I’m super excited to see more of your photos!

Widdle Shamrock (101 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 7:39 am

Awwww, you capture the moment beautifully Tiff.

Where did you get wee Ivy’s fairy princess dress? We have 3 for WGO, but am always looking for more. (Is that over indulgent of me?)

Love William’s bauble.

Gabriel (26 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 8:33 am

WOW!!! What an incredibly rich collection of pictures you have today!!! I love those eyes (pretty much every child’s eyes)

My post…

Hyphen Mama (72 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

*dabs misty eyes*

Oh Tiff!! Your babies are just so beautiful, and there you all are in your shorts and summery clothes and Santa in his North Pole attire! Is the kids’ Carols by twilight through their school?

Please, please… if you decide to adopt a full grown person who may or may not be older than yourself, invite me first! My bags will be packed.

Kat (85 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Adorable sibling overload….I cannot possibly pick any of these that I prefer! Love them all. You’re so lucky to have such a big, beautiful family.

Kerry (6 comments.) writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

I love the twin shots. They are fantastic. I also love the shots of Ivy….especially the one with the crown on her head. So sweet!

river writes:
December 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

A beautiful story told in pictures. I noticed Santa has lost weight, nice to see him looking after his health after all those years of cookies and milk.

Childlife (203 comments.) writes:
December 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Ah, it appears the pondered Christmas boycott has been thwarted — my condolences ;)

The kiddos look so sweet :)

Holly (100 comments.) writes:
December 24th, 2008 at 2:57 am

Playing comment catch-up here! Love, love, love ALL of these, but especially love William’s tree ornament, because of the sentiment behind it. Love the angel for his tree. I pulled out the 2 huge boxes of Hallmark ornaments we have, and despite the specific choosing and meaning behind many of them, we haven’t even opened either of those boxes of ornamaents yet. Instead, while sifting through all the boxes of Christmas decorations, I pulled out the box marked “old ornaments” and those are the ones we used this year - old crocheted or knitted ornaments from an childhood friend’s mother, paper ormaments made by the kids throughout the years, old ornaments I made as a child. I LOVE our tree this year! :-)

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