Hooray! I'm finally home for Christmas! And we get to have it all week long... Because we have two nurses in the family, we opened presents on the 27th (and we're having dinner on the 28th when Mom is off, pictures to follow). This Christmas has to be one of the best on record (except for the fact that I had to work the real Christmas Day). I got lots of presents. As Tara would say, they are mostly practical but that's what I asked for!
It seems like this is our traditional Christmas present, but since this is just about the only time I get them, I usually NEED them.
Stephanie wanted lime green CROCS; I complied but I was almost blinded buying them
The movie count grows: 5 from Stephanie and 1 from Mom and Dad
I found her a red sleeping bag!
My random present: a penguin cookie jar with Biscotti in it. It's cute don't you think?
We got Mom a soft shawl type thing because she's always cold on Sabbath
We bought Dad a pump BB rifle, a little hard to pump, but a lot of fun. Just so you know, he gets the award for strangest present of the year. That's a dog bed he's laying on but I think it's going to go back to the store in favor of some other pillow that makes the cut.
Ryan sent me a Christmas package with PJ pants, slippers, a yummy smelling candle, a card, and a Buxtehude organ book. How did he know that's the next organ book I wanted? He's amazing... and he's coming in 3 days! (By the way, a little Ford trivia for you, our lawn mower is named after Buxtehude)
Uncle Kit, Aunt Pat, and Lindsey came for the weekend. It made our Christmas week complete to have family around.
The two stooges
On Saturday night the kids played...
...while the parents watched Death of the Penguins. Apparently Uncle Kit found it riveting.
Making a difficult decision in Dutch Blitz
Uncle Kit is a good shot (better than some of us) even with his Parkinson's!
Lindsey takes a turn with the worthless BB pistol that shoots about 6 feet in a descending arc.
Eyeing the target
That sucker is hard to pump! Well, for Stephanie and me. For Dad, it takes about 3.2 seconds...
And then we took it out to the back 40... (aka, the woods behind our house)
Hooray! I'm finally home for Christmas! And we get to have it all week long... Because we have two nurses in the family, we opened presents on the 27th (and we're having dinner on the 28th when Mom is off, pictures to follow). This Christmas has to be one of the best on record (except for the fact that I had to work the real Christmas Day). I got lots of presents. As Tara would say, they are mostly practical but that's what I asked for!
It seems like this is our traditional Christmas present, but since this is just about the only time I get them, I usually NEED them.
Stephanie wanted lime green CROCS; I complied but I was almost blinded buying them
The movie count grows: 5 from Stephanie and 1 from Mom and Dad
I found her a red sleeping bag!
My random present: a penguin cookie jar with Biscotti in it. It's cute don't you think?
We got Mom a soft shawl type thing because she's always cold on Sabbath
We bought Dad a pump BB rifle, a little hard to pump, but a lot of fun. Just so you know, he gets the award for strangest present of the year. That's a dog bed he's laying on but I think it's going to go back to the store in favor of some other pillow that makes the cut.
Ryan sent me a Christmas package with PJ pants, slippers, a yummy smelling candle, a card, and a Buxtehude organ book. How did he know that's the next organ book I wanted? He's amazing... and he's coming in 3 days! (By the way, a little Ford trivia for you, our lawn mower is named after Buxtehude)
I even payed a visit to Lucille (that would be Ryan's car ;-)
Some of the best times in life are spent with your girlfriends... With Tara back from New Zealand, we gathered from north, south, and west for Christmas at home in Kingsport! We have all grown up so much, even though it's only been a year since we were last together. Some things are very much the same, some things are different. We are all out in the adult world now. This was the first time we are all dating somebody and it was funny to have cell phones ringing followed by scrambling amidst calls of "That's ____!" (insert Erik, Ryan, Ryan, or Don). Will this be our last Christmas with just girls? I guess only time will tell...