Christmas!

We made it through the whirlwind that was Christmas!

Got our family picture taken at Northview after the Christmas Eve service.

Em loves to touch the ornaments on the trees.

On Christmas morning J woke us up and we let him open his presents from Santa.

Part two happened when Em woke up and opened her presents.

She spent the day all dressed up in her beautiful Christmas dress. She looked so pretty!

After we ate a big Christmas breakfast we went a spent some time with a senior citizen in our community who didn't have any family in town. She was such a great lady and we hope to continue to visit and help her.

Em's cousins got this cute inflatable table and chairs and Em really loved sitting on it. She's ready for tea parties!

The next day we headed back to our hometown to visit with my family. We got to meet my sister's new puppy, Bella. Em was enamoured with this puppy. She threw a fit the first time it left the room! Maybe she liked that it was a baby like her.

All the cousins (sans cousin E). J has a ball when he gets to go back to St. Jo and play with this group of cousins.

J wanted this piece to add to his Thomas the Tank Engine collection and it was the last thing he got! He was so excited and played with it the rest of the night.

Em got an adorable new outfit so we had to try it on and take some pictures.

It was a great Christmas 2008!

Happy New Year, everyone!