Sweet/Awesome: The Sequel

Thank you, Adam, Crystal, Isaac, Amber, & Angela!


Thank you, Grandma Williams!

At long last...Christmas Morning!

Parker wasn't sure he'd make it,
but the moment finally arrived.
It was really close, though.

Thanks, Grandma Williams!The second best part of Christmas-

inordinate amounts of food. A small sampling of the goodies offered...
we had ham, sour cream & chive potatoes,
stuffed mushroom caps, rolls,
a veggie platter, cheese/crackers,
fruit salad, raspberry thumbprint cookies,
banana bread, pumpkin bars, wassail,
fudge, oh Henry!bars, lemon squares,
apple pie, rice krispy treats.....Here's to the feast!Dad feigning excitement over a tie!
(I think he got a few of those this year.)A glorious moment- all 7 of us fit on one couch!My surrogate niece, Charlotte,
in her Christmas garb.
She came over to check in
on the festivities.

(VIDEOS TO FOLLOW...)

Christmas Eve

Isaac, Katie & Lily came to visit us
on Christmas Eve for a few hours. We spent some quality time
playing Guitar Hero, swapping gifts,
and there were some piano lessons
thrown in there, too.

Nerf Guns Make Great Christmas Presents

We had 4 days off this week...
this is how some of us spent them....

Snowed In

Hey, some white stuff fell in Virginia!

We only got about 6 inches,
some areas in Virginia got 2 feet.

Parker clearly doesn't have the
experience with snow that other kids do,
or the following video wouldn't be so funny.

Christmas CD 2009

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

I Heard The Bells

Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

I don't go shopping on Black Friday.
I get my Christmas on.

Parker and Jeremy are usually in charge
of assembling the big tree in the living
room, and I put up the sad, scrawny,
Charlie Brown tree in the family room. We try to cover it with as many
lights and loud ornaments as
possible to distract from the fact
that it's kind of a heinous tree.

I found a great gingerbread house
kit this year-the house was
already glued together with that
crazy strong cement-like icing, so we
didn't have to try to keep the walls
from collapsing in on each other
during the construction phase.

Not pictured: Parker eating the high-quality
gum drops off the roof line, 20 seconds later.

Jeremy recorded this year's Christmas
CD over the weekend.
Parker was gracious enough
to stop by the studio.

Parker had a particularly troublesome time
with the line from "Grandma Got Ran
Over by a Reindeer."

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