Christmas 2008

We had a very fun and relaxing Christmas. Everyone here got very spoiled and we all feel lucky to have had Dan home for a whole week of vacation. After I got my very fun new car, I got another early Christmas present from Jake which was a hand made coupon which said he would help me make dinner. So sweet. I got very spoiled this year.

We decided to make a Christmas goose this year. We had never had goose so we thought it would be fun to try it. I put a lot of my Christmas morning into making a wonderful dinner including goose.

It turns out goose isn't that great tasting and definitely not worth the price. Turkey is much better. Good thing we had so many good sides! We had delicious orange rolls, blueberry/blue cheese salad, sausage apple stuffing, Parmesan carrots, diet pomegranate sprite, bacon cabbage, twice baked blue cheese potatoes.
Wonder why we look so calm? Estee is taking her nap. Love that little girl, but fancy dinner is so much easier with her napping.

This next picture is of Jake (and possibly Estee's) favorite Christmas present. The white tiger which has since been named Black Thunder (or BT). Jake was so excited to get this present it was really fun to see him so excited about it. Estee thought it was hers, of course, she's two, she would not get off it. Jake was a good sport about sharing his brand new toy.
Andy loved this box of $ he got from his Grandparents. Pretty fun to open up a box of $1. Jake was really jealous of this present.

This is a puzzle represents the present we got for the kids. The present is a trip to Utah to ski and see our family and friends. Each of the kids got a few puzzles pieces and they had to put it together and figure out what is was suppose to be. It didn't take them long! So, yes, we are coming to Utah in February!!

For some reason I can't move my pictures around right now, so this is a little out of order, but this picture is the kids putting the puzzle together and trying to figure out what it means?
Dad is home and didn't even have to go in and round! This is a in many years and it was very nice! Estee got this cute headband for Christmas and it's already lost. I am glad I spent $11 on it :)

Abby building a wall of protection (from Estee) for her to keep her presents in.
Abby with her old and new cast. A couple days before Christmas she got her big long past the elbow cast off and it was replaced by a new shorter candy cane sparkly cast. Pretty cute and much easier to move around with.