This Christmas eve we drove up to Emily and her family's house in Troy Idaho. We settled in while Joe built a fire and we all sat around snacking on good food in good company. Right before we put Kaleb down for bed, we read "The Night Before Christmas" and then put him down. We carefully placed all the "Santa" presents under the tree, stuffed the stockings, and w
atched some tv and talked. We had a really good time. Around 11:00 pm or so we all went to bed! Around 6:00 am there began to be shuffling through the house, we woke up and got some warm drinks and sat down for a minute while Emily woke Kaleb up. When he walked into the living room and saw all the presents under the tree he lit up! First he noticed a giant blue 4-wheeler sitting in the corner, he
KNEW it was for him! He ran and jumped on it and began playing with the gears...Forward, backward, forward, backward...then he hopped off and began tearing into his presents. We all had a pile to open up! (Bess went Christmas shopping CRAZY as usual!) The kids loved it. Cameron had a blast touching and feeling all of the cool toys she got, and occassionally she checked to see how one tasted! After we opened presents, I took grizzle
y (our black lab) outside to play in the snow. We had some fun throwing a stick into a pile of snow and he would head dive right into it!! Then I came in and Emily's landlord came up (joe invited him since he couldnt drive to Portland as planned) and we watched some basketball! Bess cooked Christmas dinner and we all ate! We had a juicy spiral ham, potatoe casserole, green beans, and dinner rolls. It was delicious! Perfect way to finish up the day of snacking on chips and dip, salami and cheese, and little smokies! After dinner we hung out for a little while and then decided to head home. We had a very nice and relaxing Christmas. The kids went wild (especially Emily with her new digital camera we got her!) and Kaleb couldnt have gotten more spoiled! It was a lot of fun! Hope everyone else had a great Christmas too!
This Christmas eve we drove up to Emily and her family's house in Troy Idaho. We settled in while Joe built a fire and we all sat around snacking on good food in good company. Right before we put Kaleb down for bed, we read "The Night Before Christmas" and then put him down. We carefully placed all the "Santa" presents under the tree, stuffed the stockings, and w
atched some tv and talked. We had a really good time. Around 11:00 pm or so we all went to bed! Around 6:00 am there began to be shuffling through the house, we woke up and got some warm drinks and sat down for a minute while Emily woke Kaleb up. When he walked into the living room and saw all the presents under the tree he lit up! First he noticed a giant blue 4-wheeler sitting in the corner, he 
KNEW it was for him! He ran and jumped on it and began playing with the gears...Forward, backward, forward, backward...then he hopped off and began tearing into his presents. We all had a pile to open up! (Bess went Christmas shopping CRAZY as usual!) The kids loved it. Cameron had a blast touching and feeling all of the cool toys she got, and occassionally she checked to see how one tasted! After we opened presents, I took grizzle
y (our black lab) outside to play in the snow. We had some fun throwing a stick into a pile of snow and he would head dive right into it!! Then I came in and Emily's landlord came up (joe invited him since he couldnt drive to Portland as planned) and we watched some basketball! Bess cooked Christmas dinner and we all ate! We had a juicy spiral ham, potatoe casserole, green beans, and dinner rolls. It was delicious! Perfect way to finish up the day of snacking on chips and dip, salami and cheese, and little smokies! After dinner we hung out for a little while and then decided to head home. We had a very nice and relaxing Christmas. The kids went wild (especially Emily with her new digital camera we got her!) and Kaleb couldnt have gotten more spoiled! It was a lot of fun! Hope everyone else had a great Christmas too!
Yep!! He definately is MY grandson! Before too long he will be out-fishing me!
