Sunday, January 25, 2015

New Year's Eve

The New Year brought snow!!! Also, Brian's parents came to town because Jared proposed to Ali and wanted them there which was sweet. It was a nice surprise. We all made it to midnight except for Argenta.  We ate tons of food, played catch phrase for hours, and rang in the new year.  Happy New Year!!





Christmas

We were spoiled rotten and blessed beyond measure. The only thing missing was Ekco! We didn't get her until after Christmas :( Mom came over, and we all opened presents. I dare say every one of us felt like the luckiest person.  The kids were ecstatic at the piano! Brian made scones and Mark and Tosh and the kids joined us for a leisurely breakfast.  They came back that evening and we enjoyed scallops, tiger shrimp, and prime rib.  We were stuffed turkeys, and it was delightful!








































Christmas Eve

I've said it once, and I'll say it again... being home was MAGICAL! We had our delicious traditional Christmas Eve dinner at mom's followed by coming home to leave out cookies and milk (for the first time!) for Santa and spreading our reindeer food in the front yard.  We also read, "T'was the Night Before Christmas" (my family tradition) and the Bible story of Christ's birth.  After the kids went to sleep, Mark kindly came over to lift the several hundred pound piano with Brian.  It was perfect!