Merry Christmas...Merry Christmas...Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone. :) It has been a wonderfully fun Christmas for us. We have had our first white Christmas in a long time...and now officially the snowiest December ever!

Christmas Eve we went to my sister's house. I made a ham dinner and we all enjoyed that along with my mom's famous potatos, some zucchini, baked beans, rolls, corn, and an array of delicious tasty desserts of course. :)

We then enjoyed watching the kids open presents given by the cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma Linda.

I gave my mom a book that I had made with pictures of my brother and sister and I from when we were kids to currently with our own kids. There were tears shed with that gift. hehehe.
The evening ended with a very small white elephant game as there were only 5 of us who participated...but it was still fun...and we came away with some great gifts.
We then drove home on the worst roads since this snow storm of the last 2 weeks. My mom came and spent the night with us so that she could share in Christmas morning.

Morning finally came...and as always...I was the first one awake. :) I was excited to open presents...and I got everyone else going. :) We had some snacks to tide us over til breakfast and we went through our stockings and opened gifts. Everyone was spoiled! Everyone. The girls got numerous gifts each...including clothes and toys. Katie got her first Coach purse from Ned. Sara got some new games and books and art things. Ned received some stuff for his photography processing as well as a calendar made by his girls with great times over the last year, as well as several other items.

And me....well I was spoiled as always...and like my mom said..."You sure deserve it honey!"....and another friend says..."not spoiled.....ENTITLED" lol Well anyways.....Ned outdid himself once again. I have a gorgeous Tanzanite necklace to match my bracelet and ring. He also gave me a large brown and tan Coach wallet to match my purse :) A brown wristlet to take out and about...and a black small coin wallet for my evening wear black Coach purse. I also got perfume, and 2 books I've been wanting (Collectors edition of Twilight....and the new Nicholas Sparks book). Oh and also....a very sweetly stuffed stocking with Lindor truffles and a pocket calendar. Yep...spoiled again. How does he keep outdoing himself???? I'm pretty lucky....and so is He. :) Thank you Ned for treating me so extra special. :)

As a family....we also got a Wii...complete with guitar hero and Wii play and Wii Sports. There's been dibs on it all day. :) It's been fun. Today has been full of fun and family.


After opening presents this morning...my mom made us a wonderful breakfast (on the new griddle she bought me..thanks Mom). Breakfast complete with bacon and eggs and toast. Delicious...it was. :) I couldn't ask for a better day.

Merry Christmas everyone. :) Hope you had a great Christmas as well.

Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland

Ned and I took a little walk tonight in the snow. It was beautiful and white and quiet and the Christmas lights against the sparkly snow....mmmm it was gorgeous. Here is a snap of us when we got back. It was a nice time. Now we are back in the house all snuggled up...ready to have some of that hot chocolate that I spoke of earlier. :) Happy Snow Day to you :)

Look who snuck out. That little sneaker! lol

Yes...it's Snowden. He couldn't stand to be in the house any longer. Especially with a good 6 inches of snow outside. He tried to sneak out the other day. We were all sitting on the couch and Snowden sits where he always does during the holiday season...on the stairs. Well...all of a sudden he leans back and did a backward sumersault toward the door. So...tonight...he made it out in the snow. He was pretty happy...so I had to take a pic of him. :)

Ohhhh how much fun is the snow? SUPER FUN!! We haven't had such snow in years. Not as long as I can remember. Christmas is coming too...and I'm thrilled about that as well. It is going to be a year of such spoiling for EVERYONE! Here is our tree all lit up and filled with presents underneath. I can't wait til Christmas morning when we get to open all of our presents and do our stockings. :) This snow only makes it all better. I love having the Christmas tree with the lights and the window behind it where you can see the snow falling. :) Makes me so happy! So very happy!

Earlier in the week...when this lovely ARCTIC BLAST started....we had some hot cocoa in my favorite snowman mug....Caitlyn made this one...topped with whip cream and sprinkles. :) So pretty.

Not much snow for us earlier in the week....a 1/2 inch or so. Sara made a snowman...well it was more of an iceman. :) But still...she took at least an hour to make it. At least she was all bundled up. :)






I LOVE THIS SNOW!!! I mean I realllllllly realllllllly love this snow!

Christmas is coming....FAST!

Why does it seem as though Christmas always comes so fast? It comes as fast as any other day. lol....but it's the endless projects that make my time slip away. I did much better this year starting my projects earlier...and they are getting there for sure...but I still have a lot to do.

We have a beautiful Christmas tree up and decorated. In fact I'm sitting here in the dark now with the tree lit up and some Christmas music on. I do love this time of year. No one else is up right now and I'm sitting downstairs, quickly uploading pictures for a project. Can't tell you what it is...sorry...you never know who reads these blogs.lol.

We also got some lights up on the house. Well...I guess I should say my brother put up most of the lights. He is kinda monkey like and was able to hop up on the roof and then onto the second level as well. :) Thanks Matt. I love coming home to a lit up house.

Work has been good. We actually got to go out to the Portland City Grill for a dinner/lecture on a arthritis medication that we give in the infusion room. I've never been to the City Grill...it was a lovely view...up on the 30th floor of the Bancorp building downtown. Veryyyyyy nice.

And so now I must get going on those projects....but I thought I'd update you. Ned and I have started exercising again...but more importantly....eating right. However...it's not so fun to have all these Christmas jars around with no candy in them :( Oh well...we'll be glad later. :)