First we "decked the halls"! I LOVE all my special ornaments on our tree. It is getting so full of them that it's hard to find a place for any new ones. We got a new nutcracker to add to the collection too!
We started the festivities by making Christmas Cookies. Why I still "tripled" the batch with just us 4 here ... is beyond me! My friend Mary Morgan came and helped (we sent home lots with her)!
We had a nice turkey dinner on Christmas Eve since we didn't cook a turkey on Thanksgiving and we already had a big one in the freezer!
We had a special "open me now" present along with our traditional new pajamas that we open on Christmas Eve. Jessica and Nate sent us an "Instant Infant". They said that it wasn't an "announcement" ... just a cardboard cut-out of a promise of things to come! He looks so real! It was so much fun to have him sitting by the tree and have people come in and freak-out!
I unwrapped "Mrs. Snowman" that goes with the "Mr. Snowman" that I received last year from Susan and Dad. Susan has been giving each of us girls these wonderful pieces of her beautiful collection. I love them!
We surprised Jacob with an electronic drum set! He was shocked and loves it! We spent the rest of the morning trying to put it together. It's great because he puts the headphones on and he is the only one that can hear it. However, he is talking already about getting an amp!
Kelsey and I received fun electronic things too -- IPODS! Kelsey's is WAY more fancy than mine but that's just fine with me. All I want mine to do is play music! Wasn't that what they were made for to begin with?????
I received a special present from Kelsey this year! The first present that she bought for me out of a "pay check." It was a wonderful foot massager! It feels great!
We got a fun Panini Maker from my Dad and Susan too. It's funny because that is what I got my Mom and really wished we had bought one for ourselves! Everything you put in there turns out crunchy and delicious! The possibilities are ENDLESS!
We really had a great couple of weeks celebrating Christmas with our immediate family and friends. Thank you for all the wonderful gifts that we received (I could only "blog" about a few of them) ... though we were all apart this year ... we felt your love!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
2010
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I have been daydreaming about paninis..can't wait! (I wouldn't mind eating mine while trying out your foot massager!:) And Nate's hands are twitching to test out Jacob's new drums. Dont' let me forget to bring our laptop so we can set up our blog book compound!
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