Christmas 2008

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...Santa had arrived and he layed out all the presents.  The girls and Greg would be pleased in the morning.  Above is the before picture.  Below is the after!!!!  Yikes!

Next comes the throwing away of paper.  Being careful not to throw away presents along with it.  It usually takes me two days to clean up. This year the girls got coats, boots, and pajamas along with some other things. Only a few things had to be returned.
The dogs had only one little spot to lay in.  They received some toys from Alyssa.  They played with then all morning.  They were tuckered out!

Then we were off to Jack and Stacy's for Christmas dinner with the Gore family.  When I arrived, I found I was dressed the same as Jessica.  Of course, she looked way better than me!  Stacy and Emma were also dressed similar in their gray leopard tops and jeans.

We had no idea Bob's 94 year old Grandma was going to be there.  Yes, 94 years old and bowls in the senior olympics.  She has two silver metals and she is going to San Francisco this year to bowl for the gold.  She is really hard of hearing which made for some interesting conversations!
Jack and Stacy have a nice little bar area where everyone gathers.  Jack is behind the bar, Lance is in front of him, Andrea (Jack and Stacy's foreign exchange student from Italy) next, Bob, Alicia in the black jacket (Jake and Emmas friend), Cindy and Delaney. 

We were all leaving and Emma remembered that she needed a picture for Jake (who is in the Coast Guard and was not able to be with us).  So we quickly posed. Back row from left to right:

Bob, Tanner, Lance, Cindy, Katie, Jack, Alyssa and Greg.  Front row from left to right: Stacy, Andrea, Delaney, Emma, Alicia, and me.  Missing from this picture is Sam, Sharon, Jessica and Kyle, and Bob's parents, Katie and Jer. They had already left before we remembered to take the picture. We had a delicious dinner and fun hanging out visiting with everyone.