Christmas 2010 Part 3.....yes, its still going

Christmas morning after opening gifts at our house, we braved the snow and headed two blocks over to my moms house. Every year, we do a Christmas puzzle, but the one we had last year took us into July before it was finished, so we did not do one this year. It had 1500 pieces in it and almost caused a family feud. That thing was from the devil!! We have decided that we are a 500 piece kind of family....so we will at least know from now on. Anywho, we opened gifts, had a delicious breakfast and then headed off for more of the days activities. Here are some shots....








This is the puzzle that almost divorced us all....






Spaz...




There is a story behind this photo....Vick got David these flashlights that you wind to power them...well, he took them out and began winding them. With a confused look on her face, she said..."Oh...thats how those work..." She thought they were wind powered....like Gone with the Wind...So, here they are powering up the flashlights...

Christmas 2010-Part 2...Our House

Christmas morning we woke up to a white Christmas which was awesome. I immediately hollered to David who was still in the bed..."There must be like 3 inches of snow out here!!!" He told me I was wrong....till he got up...told you so!!! Anywho, we exchanged gifts. We buy each other waaayyy too much stuff. And that is all it is...stuff. But for now we enjoy buying each other things, so there you go. Check out the loot below...

Can we say nerd....and yes, he wore that out already.


Insert crazy eye, for my picture with my new mug....


David and his new kicks..


When people asked me what I got David for Christmas I couldn't ever answer...so my typical answer was, just a bunch of nerd stuff. I don't know what half of the stuff o his list was, but it makes him happy, so if he is happy, so am I!


This thing is the BOMB...its a chefs mat and its got this gel in it, so when you are standing in the kitchen cooking, it is super comfy instead of standing on the hard floor....


I got new GreenPans by Chef Todd English which I am super pumped about, and some kitchen equipment!! Makes my heart happy!!!


I just realized looking back at these photos that we look stoned....we are not, just excited about our presents...


David has made fun of my "buddy" shoes for the past 2 years...they were not real UGGs, but I loved them anyways...he bought me the real ones and I love them too!!



Here is the pup getting his stocking...


And this is my most favorite picture from Christmas...David in his new goggles...


We then decided to go play in the snow with the neighbors for a little while before going to my mom's house....

Christmas 2010-Part 1 of.....who knows how many

Like everyone, we have lots of fun holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve we head off to the ol' ball and chains parents house where we meet up with David's sister, brother and their children. It is always really fun and we have delicious food. This year was no different. Then it is time for the presents. Its so hilarious to me how each year, the kids will be sitting at one table and the adults sit at another. Of course, they fix all the kids food first, so they are done eating before we really even sit down. Then starts the stream of children one at a time over to the adult table..."Is it time to open presents yet?" "No, not yet..." (See 3 minutes later) another child enters, "Is it time to open presents yet?" "No, not yet..." This cycle continues until the adults are worn down enough to go open presents. Then we move on to another tradition that is pretty cool. The Higginbotham's are cool enough to get a real live phone call from Santa. Every year...I know, you are jealous. He talks to each of the kids, updates them on where he is and all that good stuff. Its pretty awesome. This year, Santa was so good he made Aunt Melinda cry...



And my gift made her cry...


Come to think of it, Melinda cries a whole lot. :) (Just kidding sister in law!!)

Anywho, here are some shots from the wild bunch at the Higginbotham's house....



Reindeer ears...




All the kiddos with "Aunt Vicki"


Gina will kill me, but this picture sums up the gift opening time that night....


Tess was super pumped about her pillow pet....and on a side note, why can't I think of stupid crap like that and make millions of dollars????




Who is that on the phone??? Santa!!!




Kacen wanted to take some photos of Uncle Dave and Aunt Anna...







And last but not least, Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Meg's Shower and ABS Homecoming

A few weeks ago, my mom, Meghan and I hosted a shower for one of my dearest friends and college roomie, Meg. It was great. It was a very intimate group of people and we gave her an ornament shower which was pretty cool. When you get married, you don't think about your first Christmas tree and how much it cost to buy all those ornaments from scratch, so this party did the trick. We had great food, and excellent company! Here are some shots...






Moving on to Homecoming....we went to see Cole and Noah play basketball at Bible School and it just happened to be their homecoming. Cole was in the leadout for the 7th grade class and so we had to see that! He did really well, but you could tell he had no desire to be there. And to make matters worse, good ol' Uncle Dave embarrassed him....see picture below...

But that is what Uncles are for right??? Maybe one day he will find David's humor funny...and maybe so will I. :)

I know you can't tell what this is...but it is Davids temporary drivers license that he taped to the ceiling in the gym when he was there decorating for a banquet in like 1995 or something. And it is still there...

Tacky Christmas Party

I was in charge of our class Christmas party this year at church, so we decided to go with a Tacky Christmas Party theme. I have always enjoyed those parties and we have lots of fun. We also played a few games, one of which was called 2 lies and the truth. You had to write down two of the worst Christmas gifts you were ever given, plus make up one and people had to try and guess which was the fake gift. It was hilarious and there have been some people who got some really awful gifts over the years! I would try to caption all of these photos, but I think most of them speak for themselves...David was in full Dwight Schrute mode all night long and just in case you don't notice, his eyes were not open for any of his photos....strange, I know....