Christmas Vacation

I just realized that i have not updated anyone on our Christmas vacation; so here it is. Dave and I went to a family Christmas party at his Grandma Stone's house the week before Christmas. He finally got his afghan that she would give the grand kids when they graduated. He was so proud. He was able to get the entire week of Christmas off (much to our surprise). He lounged around in that blanket. Here is a picture of him eating the entire plate of brownies my visiting teacher brought me. He is so funny.

Here is a picture of our Christmas tree this year. It was fun to decorate. It looks a lot better in the dark with the lights on. Dave bought some of the lights that bubble when they get hot. He was so excited for them. They didn't work and so we had to take them back. I never did get the new ones up on the tree, because I had gotten impatient and already put the ribbon up. Oh well, we will do it next year.

This was Kimball's first Christmas. Doesn't he look excited? We didn't open presents until like 11:00. That is probably the latest I have ever opened presents. We were waiting for Dave's dad to get up and by the time he did Kimball was napping. So we ate breakfast and started opening them. It was funny to see how overwhelmed Kimball got about all the presents. He finally left the toys and started playing with the ornaments on the tree. He got spoiled.

Dave and Kristen kept laughing about how Christmas morning pictures are the ugliest pictures. We were all laughing about it after a minute or two. It all started with Kristen not wanting her picture taken and anyone who knows David knows he will have something funny to say about it. So here's to ugly Christmas pictures.

Christmas afternoon we went down to my families and had dinner. Dave was really excited, becuase he drove us in his dad's new BMW. It was way fast and he gave my brothers and brother-in-law a ride in it. It goes 0-60 in 5 Sec. It has 300 horse power and is a twin turbo V-6. You know that Dave made me put all of those stats in there. It was fun to see everyone. I was really mad that I forgot to bring my camera with me. Hopefully family members will send me some. While we were there we played games, told stories, opened presents and ate a ham dinner. Christmas didn't seem to last very long. I am sad that it is already over. We hope that everyone had a nice Christmas.

As far as new Years went. It was my grandpa's B-day and so we went down to a party that Tammy, my uncle John and Aunt Pat put together for him. We had snacks, put together puzzles and then played a way fun game where we had fake money to bet on prizes. We had lots of fun and I am mad that I forgot my camera again. After the party Dave spent the rest of the evening writing a paper for his class. I slept at his parents so I could go shopping with his mom in the morning. New Years just isn't the same anymore. We were able to find a few good things at the sales. Kimball was a pill the entire time. I can tell he doesn't like shopping much just like his mom and dad. I missed Dave a lot. After shopping we came home. Dave and I spent the rest of the evening rearranging Kimball's room. Happy New Year everyone!