Brief interruption

I'd like to interrupt this Top Ten to bring you a little Christmas cheer.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Well, mostly merry.

Enjoying a few gifts

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite photos of everyone with just a sampling of the nice gifts they received for Christmas.

This picture of Noah cracks me up.  These are his first footie pajamas and he appears quite intrigued by them.  Look at that face!

Maya had been riding just a tricycle until Santa brought her this new bike.  You can't tell that she likes it at all!

Ryan got Guitar Hero for Christmas, but even in the picture, you can see that Jaida is claiming it for herself.  I don't know who loves it (or plays it) more.

Merry Christmas!

It was very nice to have Christmas at home this year with just the five of us.  We pulled off a lovely Christmas dinner, complete with Deep Fried Turkey, and had a relaxing day enjoying our gifts and each other.  Thank you to our friends and family for all the nice things they sent.  But the greatest gift of all is your love and friendship.  We feel very blessed this Christmas day and always!  Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas tree

The girls set out cookies and egg nog for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer.

It's hard enough trying to get a picture of the kids all looking at the camera.

It's nearly impossible to get a good one of the five of us with the timer set.

So you get two versions.  Take your pick.

Tuesday was Daddy-Daughter Date Night.  They both looked really nice.