Christmas

I know this posting is late, but I still wanted to put up our pictures from Christmas! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and made some great memories!!

Christmas w/Abby! She got a bone!

She wasn't too sure about it at first....but now you can hardly get that bone from her!

Christmas Eve at Mindi & Preston's house. Brian, Christine , Nathan, Grandma, & me.

Nathan & Grandma

He is quite the goofball....& he loves Oreo Salad!! (can you tell?!?)

Grandma opening her gift, we got her a digital camera!

Nathan got "Ben Ten" toys....wasn't really sure what "Ben Ten" was, but it was a successful gift!

Angela got a straberry shortcake girl on a snowmobile!

Dad opening his toffee! He was quite interested in the box!

Christmas morning at Mom's house. Here is Kyle picking his lotto ticket! He actually won, $12! This was the first year we had a winner!

This was my ticket...it was a dud.

Maya passing out the numbers for the white elephant Mom put togheter! We hadn't done it before with my family, but it was fun!

Mindi & Preston with their "white elephant" gifts!

Wendi & her "white elephant" gifts....she loves chocolate so she was happy!

Duane got a flashlight & PB cups...but I stole it from him 'cause I wanted the PB cups!

Wendi got a new flat iron...this wasn't a white elephant gift! We drew names again this year, I had Wendi's name.

Preston had Kyle's name and.............he got an iPod!!! He was pretty excited! Mindi actually won it from a radio station! But it was still awesome that they gave it to Kyle!

Pam, Mom, & Maya opening Maya's gift. It was a puzzle! She still doesn't too excited about opening gifts, next year she will be though!!

Pam & Maya opening another gift, we got her a learning book that makes noises!! I am sure Pam & Jeff appreciate the "noisy" gifts!! ;)

Mom had Duane's work coat embroidered, he loved it!

Mom & her new sweater from Duane!

Florida Trip

This year I had the opportunity to take my Grampo (pronounced Gram-poo) to Florida. We had a good trip and we were able to stop at Stef & Geoff's on the way. And it just so happened that it was Stef's birthday too! So we got to celebrate together!

Stef, the B-E-A-UTIFUL birthday girl!

Hanging out on the couch!
Grampo - he was cold!
Stef's Christmas trees! I love her fireplace!
Geoff played & sang for us!

Happy Birthday Stef!

The cake Grampo & I picked for Stef!

I brought Larita's cookies....they are Stef's favorite!

Kyle put Stef's birthday on the Wendy's sign, so I, of course, had to take a picture!

Our Christmas Tree

Last year after Christmas we bought a new Christmas tree. It is a pre-lite one and I love it! It was quite a bit bigger than our other one, so I had to find a new place for it! I went with a new color scheme this year, teal & silver!! I like how it turned out! You can't see too well, but there are really neat silver letters that spell out PEACE under the tree, but I think Abby had gotten into them!! :)

Abby in Boots

While Wendi was home over Thanksgiving she helped me get all 4 of Abby's boots on her and man did we have a good laugh!!! I don't know if it will ever happen again because Abby wasn't too fond of her boots!

Abby trying to walk.....too funny!

Abby chewing on her new boots!

Thanksgiving

So we are compeltely "un-traditional" this year and went out to eat for dinner! But it was good & we had a nice time! We went to the Starlite here in Fort Dodge with my Dad, Grandma, Grampo, Wendi, and her boyfriend Jake. Afterwards they all came over to our house to relax and for a little more pie!! :) Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and now we have to get ready for Christmas, only 25 days, 14 hours & 45 minutes, but who's counting!?!?

Grandma & Wendi

Grandma & I

Wendi & Jake

Grampo, Dad, & Kyle....they weren't too excited to have their pic taken!This is Charlie, he is my Grandma's dog. Him & Abby had fun running circles around the house!

Getting Excited

So on Sunday I decided I was ready to get my Christmas decorations out!! We are not having Thanksgiving at our house this year so I thought it would be ok! This will be the first time ever that I have decorated before Thanksgiving! I still haven't got my tree up, but this is the next best thing! I purchased this after Christmas last year and couldn't wait to put it up this year! It is the Willow Tree Nativity Set....I just love it! I think want to add some lights or something to dress it up a little! Anyway hope everyone is having a great week and an even better Thanksgiving!

Brian Regan

Kyle & I went to one of our favorite comedians last night in Des Moines. His name is Brian Regan and he is absolutely hilarious!! You can check out his website www.brianregan.com for to hear some of his jokes! Brian has good, clean humor! He is great, this was our 2nd time seeing him in person and hope he comes back to Iowa again & again!