Christmas

While Jeff was in Wyoming hunting in late November, he bought the whole family matching pajamas (his pants didn't arrive via UPS on time, hence the nice color combination). I'm pretty sure this picture won't make it to next year's Christmas card, so only those who check out this blog will be privileged enough to view our Christmas morning natural beauty!

Christmas morning was really fun at our home this year. Gram & Grandpa John, Coco (my brother, Cory), & Uncle Craig joined us at our house this year. 7-0-0 (each night when Ryan goes to bed, Jeff reminds him "Ryan, no getting out of bed until seven oh oh) was a little early for those two single boys, but Ryan took them each a Coke to their rooms to get them motivated to get up. It took us a few hours to open presents as Ryan pretty much helped everyone open each an ever last present. Jeff, as always, found many creative gifts for me (scrapbook stuff, clothing, and -best of all- a new water softener for the house!). I wasn't too great at the whole shopping thing for Jeff this year. I had his .22 Weatherby repaired, bought him a new scope for it, and called it good.

This was the first Christmas that we have been home for quite some time. For years my Grandmother has taken us on a Christmas trip, so this year I kind of wondered what people do for Christmas vacation. Now that it is over, I wonder where the time went. It was nice to have Jeff home for a few days & now I'm not sure I'm ready to let him go back to work after the New Year's holiday.

Dad & Uncle Craig helped Ryan build the envy of the neighborhood, an igloo with a slide going through it. The spent hours in the dark plowing all the snow into a giant pile to make the igloo. You can't really tell from the pictures, but there is a slide going from our second level terrace down into the slide and out the front of the slide.