Christmas

This is our second Christmas in the new house, but the 1st we were able to decorate for.  (Last year we went to New Zealand.)  David's parent gave us a tree and we decorated with ornaments from our childhood.  We put icicle lights on the house.  We watch A Christmas Story about 100 times.  It was a normal Xmas.  It was our 1st with Coleman and out 1st without Scully.

Fam pic.

Coleman in his new hoodie.

Puppy smooches.

He's so sweet!

Xmas card.  Us in Kaikoura, NZ.

Xmas 2009

This was a very different Christmas this year. I had to close on Christmas Eve at the rec center. That is no big deal because we close at 5 PM. But it started to snow on my way in to work and I was sick. That means it could only get worse from there. Texas drivers aren't the best in this weather. I only worked 4 hours before I was back out on the street trying to come home. I stopped at the apartment to pick up the decoration box that we forgot to move. Santa can't come if there are no stockings hung! It took me 2 hours in all to get home. Good thing I was smart enough to start a crock pot meal before I went to work. We pretty much just ate and went to bed.

When we woke up in the morning, we had at least an inch of snow and ice on the ground. A White Christmas! Due to my sickness and the weather we had to cancel all family plans. David and I exchanged stocking stuffers. I got him an American flag and he got me work gloves. My "real" present was a 10 inch digital picture frame. It's super awesome. I got him so car part about a month ago from eBay. We tried to take Scully out in the snow. She was not into it. After a leftovers lunch, we went to David's work, then back to the apartment. We tried going to the grocery store for charcoal we had forgotten. And all of them were closed. What a mess! But we found it at a 7-11.

It was a good Christmas, but next year will be merrier!

Snow tracks.

Our frozen street.

Our front yard with the dead-ish tree.

No Xmas lights this year. Maybe next time.

The land across the street. There are horses in there somewhere.

David is fixin' to throw a snowball at me.

Moguls in the back of David's truck.

Our back yard.

Scully and me are kickin' it in bed.

Christmas Vacation

We went to my parent's house for our Christmas vacation. My Grandma and my sister were there too. We arrived on the day before Christmas Eve. I was feeling a little sick. but the end oft he day, both David and I had full-on colds. I was looking around my parents house for something to take. All they had was Nyquil that expired 2 years ago or DayQuil that expired 1 year ago. My dad told me it would be okay since it had never been open. Weirdo. On Christmas Eve, Dad, David and I went to go see The Day The Earth Stood Still. It was okay. We went to my mom's church for mass on Christmas Eve. While we were in church, someone papered the parking lot with flyers about submitting ourselves to the true religion of Islam. Real classy. Go ahead and put out all the literature you want, but do it on a better day than Christmas Eve when you know everyone is in church. That's just tacky. Anyway! Then it was present time! I got my Dad a DVD of logs burning. It may sound cheesey, but he really likes that channel. I got a bunch of cool stuff from my family. David got me an iPod charger and a Cricut die cut machine. Kate made me a magnet board. My parents gave me gift certificates and a Circut cartridge. Christmas was mellow. We didn't go anywhere. We watched movies and played Seinfeld Scene It. On Boxing Day, we went to St. Augustine to meet up with my cousin, Chelsea and my Aunt Susie. We couldn't see anyone else because of how sick we were. They had to stay home with Stacey's babies. After we ate dinner with them, we went on a ghost tour. I would have liked it to scariest, but I was so sick it wouldn't have mattered. We rode the trolley around the town and they told us about the different ghosts they have there. We left the next day. The airport was a madhouse. I thought we weren't going to be able to make it for a second. It was good vacation, I wish I could have enjoyed it more by not being so sick!

Canoeing on the pond in my parent's backyard.

More canoeing.

Grandma doing the dishes, even though I told her not to. :)

David in the living room.

A very artsy shot of us canoeing.

Family Xmas shot.

David and I by the tree.

The 'rents by the tree.

Very attractive...

Tree full of presents!

David is a gift to us all!

Puzzle time. They didn't finish it before I had to leave. So I couldn't put the last piece in. :(

Grammy pondering the puzzle.

All of us at the Monk's Tavern in St. Augustine.

More Xmas Pics

Here are some pictures my Aunt Susie took at Christmas.

Everyone loves pictures in front of the tree.

Chelsea and Uncle Charlie! Meow!

Andrew

Kate and Grammy.

Working the puzzle.

Reverse Direction.

Grammy's house in the middle.

Christmas At Home Away From Home

We went to Jacksonville, Florida last Sunday to see my parents, sister, and Grandma. The first day we were there was the only day it was "nice" all day. So we went to the beach and picked up some shells. The rest of the time, we stayed home mostly. We played games and watched the giant TV my dad got for his present. I think he said it was 52 inches. My Aunt Susie, Uncle Charlie, and cousins Andrew and Chelsea came over on the 26th. We ate pizza and took canoe rides. We put together a puzzle of a satellite picture of my Grandma's house. I am sure there will be more pictures too come from my Aunt Susie's camera. I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't take any pictures. On the last day we were there, David and I went to the Jacksonville Landing and saw pelicans attack seagulls. Then David fixed my dad's car shifter and a chair, in addition to pulling out bushes a few days earlier. It was a productive vacation.

Kate and the tree.

Stockings.

Family picture.

Pic by the tree.

Me, Mom, Kate, and Grammy.

Christmas elves.

Eeew!

Cheese!

Jacksonville beach.

Hanging at the beach.

The joke is I fell down after setting the camera timer.

Christmas At Home

David and I had a mini Christmas last week before we left for Florida. We had muffins and exchanged presents. I got him the new iPod nano with his name engraved on the back. I think is the best thing that ever happened to him. It has been attached to his ears ever since. He got me some portable speakers for my iPod nano. They have great sound. When we got back from Florida, we had a quick Olive Garden Christmas with David's parents. His mother got us a really nice framed picture of ourselves. they got Scully some really fun toys. She destroyed them in about 5 minutes.

Scully with her new toy.

My Xmas light display.

The socks were hung by the window with care.

Charlie Brown tree decorated by Gary Poisson.

Scully in action.

She's the devil in disguise.