Christmas Day

Christmas Day at our house!

Jill was so excited. Santa brought her socks and spoons.

Jill's first Christmas present. (She got a sewing pattern for baby slippers.)

Don't be fooled by these next two: We were both very excited and surprised by our gifts.

Matt, a little less excited that this picture portrays. This is a cover for our outdoor grill that I finished in the nic'o time

Me much more excited!!!

Pictures

Because of our recent copmuter upgrade, I'm downloading and reorganizing all of our pictures. This is how I feel about that . . .

So, holiday updates are a little late, but, not as late as last year.

Whose Feet . . .

Great job everyone. Give yourselves a pat on the back if you knew that foot A belongs to Jill. Give yourselves an extra pat if you knew good looking foot B belongs to my good looking husband, and that foot C belongs to me. I've known my whole life that lime green was not my color; I don't know why I chose it as a background.


Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Our computer died right before Christmas. We just got a new one. I love it!

One of these things is not like the others

Let's play the foot game. After the usual hight and weight statictics, the first thing my mom asked was "Who's feet does she have?"
Funny questions, but totally my family's style.

So here we go:

A.

B.

C.

You can decide which sets of toes look the most alike, and which is the odd set out.
Bonus points if you can identify the owners of each foot . . . umm, that shouldn't be too hard.

10 Below and Ready to Go

Or . . . how we dress in the winter up north.

First you start with a long sleved onsie. I like this one with mitten hands, just in case I forget her other mittens.

Then you add long pants and socks. The pants don't have to be too long. Let's face it, 20 inches doesn't leave you much to cover. Thanks Aunt Debbie for these super cute butterfly pants.



Then you add the fleese suit. Almost all Jills cloths are pink and lime green, so it's easy to match.

Last, and most important, one cute hat!

Okay Mama, we're ready to roll.

Oh Tananbaulm

Last year Matt and I spent Christmas in Texas with my family. My mom and sisters put together a stellar open house to celebrate Matt's and my very new marriage, and we partied of 3 days my family style.

Before we left though, and even before we were married, Matt got a permit and we chopped down a Christmas tree off the side of a very cold and dark mountain. (We went after work one evening at the end of November. We decorated it for our first Family Night with the spare and sparse ornaments we both owned. When we got home, we had a grand little after Christmas party to open the presents we left there.


Oh, here it is. Our cute little tree of 2008.

Here is a lighted view.

This year we decided to sit tight in Idaho and enjoy our first Matt and Sarah Family Christmas. Matt and I went to a great lot north of town where you could cut a fresh tree, and we cut down the biggest tree there. Our decorations are exacrly the same, just much less coordinated with our wrapping paper than last year.

Merry Christmas 2009!

One more good thing . . .

Having the Computer Room and the Nursery be the same room has some hidden advantages. Internet Radio is one of those advantages. The perfect background noise for nights when I don't feel like running the vacuum until midnight.

And speaking of baby music. I got a tip off from a baby site about this fun and funny series of CDs: Rockabye Baby! Lullably Renditions of . . . pick your favorite rock/pop band. Check them out. They are pretty fun to listen to.