An update in the new year, for the old year

School year and holiday busy-ness aside, the primary reason I haven't posted much recently is because I haven't been taking many pictures.  We took another trip to the beach this past September and I took pictures then, but when I got back home and looked at them I realized that they were nearly identical to the pictures I had taken from our last trip to the beach two years ago.  The only difference was that there was a fourth kid now.  :-)  I wasn't moved to post them; and then I posted my Halloween pictures on Facebook and didn't feel like repeating them here.  So what you'll get below is some miscellany and the best of our Christmast 2014 photos.

 We had another November freeze. These are rocks covered with fountain spray.

 Eve's first piano recital!  She played two pieces solo, and then a duet with her teacher.

 Solomon and the Christmas tree.

 Christmas Eve photo op.

 Isaiah chose the design for and helped construct this reindeer ornament (and then won a prize for it in a school contest!).

 This was Eve's ornament contest entry.

 Not feigned enthusiasm, Isaiah was more excited about this gift from Grandpa than anything else he received.

 Advent wreath turned Christmas wreath.

 A star in the sky?  A reflection of our Moravian star, in our stairwell window.