Christmas Day

Christmas 2009 - all the fam, one cat and one dog...

Christmas Breakfast

 The three cousins opening the Snap Ciruits.

 It's not Christmas without Aunt Nelda.

Lacie Kay

Hazel, and Wendy's cat, Romeo.

Nap time!

At the end of a great day...  I am NOT a cat lover, period.  And Wendy's cat doesn't take to most people, but for some reason, he thought I was the "cat's meow."

Christmas Tradition

One of our Christmas morning traditions is having everyone gather for breakfast - kind of the "stand up or sit anywhere," as everyone is arriving 'about' the same time and it's crazy.  We eat, then open presents.  The breakfast tradition is Oven French Toast (eggs, orange juice and honey), which is made the day before and sits in the fridge overnight. I filled four baking sheets this year.  Served with maple or blueberry syrup or jam, real butter, of course, and eggnog, this has been our Christmas breakfast since the kids were small.

An Evening at the Movies

I spent the day with my Aunt Nelda in Salt Lake, then lots of last minute stops on the way home, including grocery shopping for Christmas Day. I picked up a movie at Red Box: Julie and Julia.  It's about Julia Child, played by Meryl Streep.  It was pretty cute.  Mike decided to go to bed at 7 tonight...so I've spent a relaxing evening on the couch...at the movies.  Another favorite I'm now watching is "One Special Night," with Julie Andrews and James Garner - a great movie which I've seen twice this month.

'Tis the Season...

This picture says it all.  Lots of goodies being delivered to our house.

Fireman Weston...and More Frost

Weston wanted to stay overnight with us and we had a lot of fun.  Last night he and I played with the mini Micro Machines (some of which were his dad's when he was little), Legos, and the piggy game (he won) in the morning.  He watched at the back door as I took more "frost" pictures, as this morning's frost was even more incredible.

We got Weston back to his house in time for him to meet the Weber County firemen, who came to  talk to Carrie's preschool.  They were studying about the letter "F."

Winter's Frost

The frost this morning was so beautiful!  It looked like my backyard was dipped in sugar.

The Christmas Newsletter

It's always a relief to finish writing the Christmas family newsletter and get them in the mail. I love to receive friends and family newsletters and learn what's been going on with others in the past year.