Decorating cookies is a time that we always look forward to...
As you can see by this picture, some are already pretty hyped up on sugar!
Not sure why Jake has to do his creepy nerd face for every picture! good grief!
Would you eat a cookie made by this guy?
We had a few hiccups this year with the cookie decorating process. There was some behavior problems (due to the heavy sugar intake) that needed to be addressed.
It was not all smiles, lets put it that way...
Christmas morning!
The big rush to discover what Santa brought!
Ellie got a life like baby doll (she's been coveting one of these for quite some time, now). Usually, the people who own these type of Ashton Drake dolls are the weird grown women that like to pretend that they are real babies) Super creepy!
Reilly got an American Girl doll...
And Jake got a lap top...
Unfortunately, Mrs. Claus misplaced the power cord the night before which meant he couldn't play the darn thing until another cord had been ordered!
A whirlwind of excitement!
Seeing our cat, "Boy" in this picture brings back fond memories of when Mr. Boone used to come in the room every time we had a family gathering...I sure miss my old friend...
We don't usually have company for our Christmas Day dinner, but this year, we decided to mix it up a bit and invite two families to join us.
Fred and Susan Taylor, their son Ryan and grandson, Miles
and
Justin and Taunya Nelson and their two kids, Emily and Parker
Not sure how I ended up with ZERO pictures of people and several of the plain table...
What the? You'll just have to take my word for it that there were attendees...
The only glitch with dinner was that the prime rib wasn't cooked enough which added extreme stress! Luckily, (and to Fred's delight) we had a backup ham and lots of sides....
