Images of Christmas 2010

Hope everyone had a good Christmas! Here is what we have been up to.

Above is a picture of my angel Delaney after singing in her preschool program at school.

Below is celebrating my dad's 55th bday. Looking pretty good for an old man, he he!

Delaney sang in the Christmas pageant at church too. We really needed a picture on the resident donkey!

Are we going to start singing yet?

This year the May's joined us for the annual cutting of the Christmas tree. Here the kids, bundled and ready to start hiking. I really needed to take more pictures but Margaret had a nice new camera so I let her do the photography this round, which makes me realize I really need to get those pics from you M :)

The first Christmas in my parents new home! Here are the giddy kids on Christmas morning!

I'm sooooo excited for my parents...the new home is wonderful. Relaxing, beautiful, inviting and the view is stunning! More on that in the next picture...here they are on the front porch.

And here is the view on Christmas morning! My dad continues to tell us he "just can't believe he wakes up to a postcard view everyday" and it truly is dad!!

Christmas morning breakfast. My wonderful neighbor Michelle sent me to my parents with Blueberry French Toast that she had prepared for us. Look at this! Absolutely delicious!

Of course that paired very nicely with mimosas...CHEERS!

One more shot of mom and dad on their back deck! They are such a striking couple, aren't they? We had a fantastic stay there for Christmas and can't wait to get back up to the mtns!

Now on to some more pre-Christmas fun. I LOVE this picture of Laney because this is just totally her...always on the go!

One of Bradley's favorite things to do is to challenge Kayla for the ball when I'm playing fetch with her. This is the scene in our backyard many times a week!

Delaney and Kayla

'Tis the season so we had to bake cookies, right? This was Bradley's choice, peanut butter blossom cookies with hershey kisses.

Oh man, I really wish I had some of these right now....drooling...

You think they liked them? Check out Delaney...that is hilarious!

For those who may not know, I LOVE baking!! Especially sweets! Get it from my mom and Grandma May. So, I'm so excited to be teaching my kids to bake and now Bradley is learning to use the oven. Wow! What happened to my little guy who used to play in my Tupperware cabinet while I baked?

The chefs in training...

In celebration of the holidays we did a night out with the Bliesmers. We really pumped it up to the kids because we took them to one of our favorite places that we usually go to without kids. Here they are with their business causal dress attire and best manners tucked in their pockets!

So, with camera set atop of the car on timer here is the whole crew...looking good. The joke these days is at what age will Bradley be taller than Kendi? He is getting close :)

As always we had a great time! All the kids did well. We cherish our time with the Bliesmers and hope to turn this into an annual holiday tradition.

Another fun holiday activity...our neighbor/friend Ashley and her daughter Allikaye hosted a gingerbread house party. I have so many good memories of doing this as a kid and it is really fun to see my kids get into it. Ashley made some really yummy food and we had a really great time decorating, playing, visiting and eating!

At home with her finished masterpiece.

Hope you have a fun and safe New Year! See you in 2011!!