Christmas 2008

Christmas was (and still is I guess) are great success. Stephen has been sick all week though - but seems to be on the mend now. We attempted to go to the dr. today, but there was a 2 hour wait once we got there, so we opted for heading home - out of the swarm of germs - and hope that the Robitussin will do its job. Unfortunatly, he has his daddy's gag reflex so the medicine is not the easiest to get down.

Everyone had a great time - gave and received great presents - and besides the 80 degree weather, high humidity and rain, it has been a great week. We loved having Luke and Sara stay with us. Christmas Eve was fun at Jamey's parent's house. Jamey's mom has 2 sisters and 2 brothers. They were all there with their assorted kids and grand kids. The kids all played well together - and some cousins even met for the first time. And Melia announced that a new baby BOY cousin was on the way - due in May. Pretty exciting.
Christmas Day was breakfast at our house while opening presents, then lunch at JAmey's grandma's house and then dinner with Jamey's aunt and uncle and cousin on his dad's side.

Here are a few pictures:

The BEFORE shot:The AFTER shot:
Here are a few others from the day:






We did attempt the mall today, but by noon the crowds were too much for me. I am not an inside mall person anyway, so I was happy to leave to go have lunch with my mom - who did work today!

Hope everyone had a great CHristmas! I know we did. Luke was home from Iraq - my kids are beautiful and healthy (well, Stephen is still sick, but thankfully he is getting better), Jamey's family is all healthy and rapidly growing in number. Christmas 08 was definitly a great time.