Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 was full and blessed.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Miss M's turn - reading the Christmas story from the Bible

Mom's turn

Uncle Drew

Thankfuls & Hopefuls

Happy birthday Jesus

CHRISTMAS MORN

Traditional Christmas morning stairs shot.

Santa came!!!!!!!!!!

Bijou LOVES opening gifts!

Jackets from Gramma & Grampa

Mom's gift! Awesome!!!

Breaking out Dad's gift.

Did he know what it was?

He "cannot tell a lie... Yes."

Opening the box
Admiring the gift
Oooooooo... lots of space

CHRISTMAS DAY

At G&G's

Opening gifts

Miss M's new end table (mid-century modern)

Poor Dad - with his back out - opens gifts

Miss M sleeping

&

Grampie doing something unexpected :)

Carving the horseradish-crusted prime rib

Full of gratitude for a blessed day & year!

Thank you God.

New Year's Day at Walt's Place

Disneyland on New Year's Day was PACKED (had to park at Convention Center!)... you had to wait in LONG lines just to enter the parking structure, buy a ticket, or get into the park.  

CRAZY! 

But it sure was purty.

In front of the HUGE Christmas tree on Main Street

Christmas-y view down Main Street (Elle, Grammie, Jade, C)

Mom sitting on the ground to take photos during snow ("snoap").

Jade & C ~ on new Toy Story ride (Jade beat us all with 154,000 points)

Sleeping Beauty's Castle Kiss

Sisters

 

Went on the new Small World all decked out for Christmas.

Went on Haunted Mansion all decked out as "Nightmare Before Christmas"... GREAT!!!

Went from 3:30PM -11:30PM.

Worth it!!!

Merry Christmas '08

Christmas morn'.

Our lovely little tree.

Bijou's stocking.

Devo's snowboard.

D's snowboard.

Carving the standing rib roast.

Flying helicopters.

Grampie playing Wii golf.

Cheers!!!

PEACE ON EARTH

Ahhhhhhhhh! What a lovely, musical Christmas!

This is Lando singing "I Heard The Bells ON Christmas Day" by Casting Crowns.