Bob and his Dad helped with some of the Christmas cooking and they're LOVING it! :)
Bob's mom had hand surgery just before we came so I helped wrap her presents since she really only had one usable arm
Here is the wounded arm in its sling, as well as Carolyn with her furriest grandchild and my personal favorite, the Christmas tablecloth, I mean jumper! :)
Lilo opening her present!
Bob's mom got his dad a Wii for his birthday so we had fun playing it--Ron especially loved the bowling so we did that a lot
Bob demonstrates his sweet bowling skills
We spent a lot of time just sitting and relaxing which was great!
We went downtown and checked out the lights and of course had to take a picture in the sleigh
Lilo's fancy Christmas outfit from Ron and Carolyn
Bob and Lilo and I by the sleigh
More pics at the resort shops
Lilo always takes time to smell the flowers
We had a chance to visit with the Poteets a little bit too which is always great! Somehow I never take any pics of them so we took a few right before we left...
George and Bob
Here's my nieces in our presents to them--they loved the pearls, tiaras, and these microphones (also princess) and they light up and sing!
My fam on Christmas Eve
Bob's Mom got him this awesome hat to keep warm and with the flaps flipped up he looks pretty awesome --I have a hunch some of his firefighters would love to see the chief in his finest...
Christmas breakfast with Bob's folks and his grandma--french toast--always delicious!
We iChatted with Jared while we opened presents and he opened his, which was pretty fun, and incredibly confusing to Grandma
Christmas dinner! Cheesey potatoes and rolls and turkey for the meat-eaters and of course corn from their garden... We made cinnamon rolls too, but sadly I only ate 2 before we left... I'm sure somehow they managed to finish them off without us!
I got this cute pretzel rod/candy kit from my secret Santa at work and just made them last night. These Santas took forever painting the candy in the molds with a brush, but Bob loved his!
Just before Christmas my whole class and all the spouses went out to dinner with a few of our staff--here are the ladies!
Not the greatest pic, but somehow none of us are looking at the same camera...
Ok, so lots of updating to do still... Next I'll post our Christmas letter for anyone who didn't get it yet and thanks to everyone who sent us cards and letters and pictures! That's definitely one of my favorite things about this time of year--hearing from people you haven't heard from in forever and catching up with all they've been up to.
We had a fun New Year's Eve playing games and hanging with 3 other couples and just relaxing. I had to work at 6am the next day but got to nap a little the next afternoon so it all worked out. We also went to see Avatar in Imax 3D which was awesome! Definitely exceeded my expectations by far!
Hope you're all sticking with the New Year's resolutions so far! We haven't made any big ones so far... just the usual: eat healthier, exercise more, be more frugal, and just to enjoy every day to the fullest! We've enjoyed all of 2010 so far and are really excited to see where it takes us! Have a great day!
~Cathy
