Christmas 2012 - Christmas Day

After spending a great day with Lisa and Jason, Kari and I opened our house up for to the Duffy's and Burgess' for the first time. We were a bit nervous about cooking all the food, but no one left hungry. There were plenty of gifts for everyone and Ryan got his second Christmas surprise....Barney!!!



We then moved on to desert. We had cake, apple pie, pecan pie, rice crispy treats, ice cream, etc, etc. It did not end. Of course this did slow down the party a bit, but nothing a nap could not handle. Technically it was only the grandfathers that actually snoozed, we all wanted to.
After a few cups of coffee, we were back on our feet. My mother made some props for our "Photo Booth" and we took a bunch of funny pictures along with a nice family portrait of the Burgess'



Merry Christmas!



Can not wait to next year!

Christmas 2012 - Sunday Before Christmas

Well Christmas is behind us now and what a great Christmas it was. We started with an early Christmas when Lisa and Jason came into my mothers house on Sunday. We then got a visit from Santa and the kids were not into it. We got Ryan to sit on his lap, but not without some tears.





Ryan was enjoying himself with Emily and Alexis and got his first Christmas surprise, a toy truck. We could not take that truck away from him all day!



It was a good day had by all

Santa Paws 2012

Ryan and Puddles paid a visit to Santa at our Vet's annual Santa Paws event! As expected, Puddles was calm and collected while Ryan gave us a good cry.

From Ryan And Puddles Visit Santa

Dancin Ryan

We know that Ryan loves to dance, but we never thought he would do it to an audience!  My mother had her annual cookie swap with all the ladies and Ryan gave them all a show.  He is proving to be quite the lady's man.