Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas 2008

The tree after Santa's visit:



Mark and Jade waiting for the word to go into the living room. Mike likes to torture them by finding a bunch of bizarre excuses to keep them waiting longer and longer. This year he told them he was going to refinish the living room floor before they could come in.




  • There were way too many gifts. But here a couple of their favs:









  • After opening presents and a hearty (lazy) breakfast of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, Mark skated the afternoon away with the neighbour kids.

    This year was a Christmas of a lot of firsts: It was the first year with Tammy joining us for Christmas dinner, it was the first year with Ryan too, it was the first year without my dad which means it was the first year without having to listen to Stompin' Tom. Ok, I may have missed it for a second just for the sentimental value but that was it...just one second! It was the first year we had a kids table for dinner AND it was the first year that I made the gravy which was delicious if I do say so myself!


  • The kids table with their cracker paper hats on!



Craig was at the table with all the adults and he did not want to be with us at all. So Mike moved his chair to the kids table and was thrilled to pieces.




  • An after dinner snooze for Mike and Ryan.




2 comments:

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...

Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas......you all must have been really good this year....there were A LOT of gifts under your tree...LOL!!

When my sister and I were little, my Mom always made us the Pilsbury Cinnamon Rolls on Christmas morning....they were our favorite!!

Happy Holidays!

Lisa

Marla said...

How fun, y'all must have been awesome, look at all those gifts!! Glad it was a great day!!

Enjoy the rest of your holiday!