Christmas

Christmas was great for us this year. We all got way spoiled. Especially the kids, with all their different families. The girls came over about ten and we started opening gifts. After, we made waffles. We've made waffles the past two years now, so that's going to be our Christmas tradition. We hung out at home all day, and later watched Toy Story 3. It was a good day. The next day we visited my Grandma and Jason's parents, and got spoiled some more. My Dad came to visit the Monday after, and I got to spend sometime with him during the week. My step-mom and me got a manicure and pedicure together, which was very enjoyable. My Mom wasn't able to be here for Christmas, so we got Christmas early from her. She spoiled the kids big time. She spoiled Jason and me pretty good too. We are lucky to have so many family members who spoil us and love us.

The week after Christmas I got into a little accident. I think it was the Wednesday after, when it was snowing pretty good. I hadn't been outside all day, and didn't know how bad it was. I started going up the hill where the temple is by our house. I realized a little too late that, that was probably a bad idea. Everyone was going really slow up and down the hill. I had the breaks on the whole way down and felt completely in control. As we were approaching the light, we started to slide, the breaks locked up and there was nothing I could do. Instead of slamming into the car in front of me, I decided to veer off to the right. We went up and over the curb and ran over a small tree. It didn't really feel like much, because I was going pretty slow. The kids didn't even know what happened. As far as damage, there's only a small crack on the bumper, and a small dent in the hood. There doesn't seem to be any other damage. It could have been worse. Anyway, enough of that. Ash and her cool new Converse shoes.
Olivia with an Olivia doll.

I made the mistake of letting Van open Buzz and Woody towards the beginning. He didn't care about anything else after he got those.

See? Here he is holding them while we made him open more gifts.

Jason with his Pink Floyd collector glasses.

Van with his new desk, pillow pet, pillow, Buzz and Woody, and some other little toys.

My Grandmother had these made for us. I thought that was a really cute idea. I might steal it in the future.

The girls' new desk, chair, storage bin, lamp, and a bunch of other stuff on it.

The girls' pillow pets.

I didn't want to show pictures of me opening gifts. My hair's a mess and I look sleepy. Besides, I think looking at pictures of opening gifts is a little boring for other people. Jason got me a griddle, which I've been wanting. A digital photo frame, the last season of Everybody Loves Raymond, that I needed. Some other good stuff too. Jason also got some T-shirts, See's chocolate, and pajamas. Anywho, it was a good time.