Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas ~ (eve) 2010

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Can you believe how fast this year has gone? It seems like we just celebrated Christmas 2009! And how it's Christmas 2010! What a fast year this has been!!!!

So we had our Christmas eve at the house last night. I love to cook and have people over, but with this foot thing it has been really hard to get everything done the way I want to. By the time I get moving, I'm already so tired I can hardly stand it . . . dragging this cast around is too much . . . (enough whining from me . . . at least for the moment . . . at least about my foot)

Here is a picture of my beautiful Mom! I love her so much! She is my hero . . . a stronger, wiser woman you will never meet!


As a small family group we opened presents before people came over, I gave the kids snowboard passes, and a few small things . . . but their big gift was ski passes! They were excited.
I got Tim tons of stuff! Movies and clothes, and a ship thing and some cars . . .

As for me, apparently I was a bad girl this year because I got nothing. (ok so I'm going to pout about it for a second . . . Its amazing how hurt feelings can get when you start handing out presents and there is nothing for you. Tim said he ordered me a Gypsy (it's for scrapbooking for those of you that don't scrap) but it didn't arrive. So there was nothing for me. My feelings were so hurt. (I guess I've said that, but it warrants saying again.) When you put a lot of effort in to making sure that everyone else will have a good Christmas, and you assume that the only person you don't have to shop for is your self, your heart hurts when you sit and watch . . . and watch and watch . . . ) Enough said on that, it's out of my system, and I'm moving on . . .
This past spring, Tim and I were at the "Brass Armadillo" it's a HUGE antique store, and they have all kinds of wonderful weirdness there.
We stumbled upon this toy Mountain Bell van . . . My dad retired from Mountain Bell after 30 years, so finding this was perfect! had to have it no matter what the cost!
He was shocked and said, "It looks just like my van!"

Look at his face as he is looking at it . . . (I love that he loved it!)

Tim and Pop sharing a "phone man" moment.Here is my sweet Jessie and Auntie! Aren't they beautiful!!!
Mom and Jessie!!! Stunning!
Alex and Auntie!! They are so silly together!

Again, my beautiful mom!

Alex and Jessie have been "dating" for the past few months, and things seem to be going very well for them. They seem so happy! I couldn't wish for anything better for them that LOVE!

The boys love to try to get auntie drunk on the holidays! Its their special fun! but she is on to them now, and doesn't take anything they offer any more. So now they got Jessie in on it and she is pouring drinks for Auntie!

I was sitting on the hearth of the fire place, and had the camera in my hand so I was snapping all kinds of pictures. Here are a couple pictures of Alex and Auntie hiding from the camera. So silly!
Grandma Tony and Grandpa . . . I don't know what the story was he was telling, but aren't they cute?!?
Mom and Richard! He looks so happy! Nothing like a glass of wine and some good friends and loved ones !!
Alex and Grandma, she was reading his "Got meds" shirt . . . we have a running joke in the house about "meds".

Jessie and Tony and Jade . . . We put all the dogs upstairs so they weren't around all the food, but Jade was being super bad, and wouldn't stop barking and whining. and then she escaped and sat with Tony at the table. UGH! No one listens to me, so even when I tell Tony, "Dogs don't belong at the table." It's like I'm talking to the wall . . . The child may get older, but somethings never change. He still doesn't listen!

3 of my most favorite people in the world!!! Mom, Auntie and my BFF Jaqui!!! I love them all so much. and you know what, Jaqui has the warmest most loving smile on the planet! She is so warm and kind, and giving with the joy of her smile!

Tony being silly and Auntie got caught in the cross fire!!

"Don't take a picture down my shirt!!" Jessie telling Alex when he had the camera!!!

Sweet picture of Alex and Jessie.

I gave Jaqui a picture frame with BFF's and kissy lips on it . . . now she and I just have to find a wonderful picture of us to put in it! (notice her beautiful smile!)

Random Tony-ness!~

Looks like our dog Jessie is in Jail! (Yes we have a human Jessie and a furry Jessie)

Jaqui opening her presents from me . . . Look how tired I look.

I got her some scented lotions and sparkly stuff . . . I'm sniffing her to see how she smells! She smelled wonderful!
Jaqui got my some wonderful smelling candles and my most favorite pear cognac! Yumm!!! I am going to sit and watch movies today and sip my pear cognac (as today is Christmas day, and I am going to do nothing and just relax and recoop!)

Jessie and Auntie in their matching Jammies. I bought all the girls matching jammies. Well kind of, I bought 3 of one kind and 3 of another kind, as I couldn't' get enough of one flavor.
Here we are minus Destiny . . . she had to go out of town . . . :( (I got Kennedy purple jammies too . . . it would have been so cute if they had been in our matching jammie picture too!! oh well, maybe next year!)

I think I have a picture of Alex at every holiday and every function of him standing at the sink . . . well here it is from Christmas 2010.

I had gone to bed at this point . . . and I guess they moved my formal dining table out and played beer pong on it, and notice my christmas tree in the background . . . Tony knocked it over and I got up this morning and there were ornaments all over the floor . . . UGH! He is a mess.

As a special gift, another of my extras showed up last night. (like I said I was already in bed~ but I came down and gave him a hug and told him to EAT EAT EAT! We have so much food!!!


Ooooops I just knocked down the Christmas tree!!! Mom is going to kill me!~

It was another . . .Christmas, with random weirdness and craziness at my house! I'm so glad we got to have this time together! I love these crazy, wonderful people.

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