Christmas 2008 - My Longest Post Ever!

So, you are going to have to scroll down to the bottom and read up if you want hear about our holidays in chronological order. I decided to do one massive post with my pictures so I could get it all done at once so get ready for a long one. :) We had a great time, fit lots of stuff in (including getting sick) to our two weeks and still did not get to see everyone and do everything I wanted to. Oh Well! I guess we will just have to go back this summer! :)



Connor with Brenda. We got to have lunch with our friends Kevin and Brenda. They are such a blessing and encouragement to us!

Mom and Dad at the party. These are the only pictures I took! :(

More decor

Table decorations for the anniversary party. I think the place looked really cute and western!

Nan, Madalyn and Lilly having a tea party. Guess who's idea this was and set it all up?

Connor getting frosting everywhere! He really liked his first cupcake! Surprise, Surprise!

Auntie KK and Lilly

Love them in their hats! Couldn't resist! :) They had on their hats but were in their own little world talking and catching up. It was so great seeing our friends Kirk and Nat!

Connor did not like his hat!

Me and Connor with Red Robin. I look pregnant. Thankfully, I am not but sad that it looks that way! :) I wish we had a Red Robin in Calgary!

Anutie KK and Lilly with Red Robin

Sweet one year old boy! I have decided that I each year for Connor's birthday I will have his party on Jan. 28th with his friends. It will give it a little space between Christmas and give us something to look forward to so be looking for an invitation if you live close.

Opening a present

They were singing to the birthday boy and girl

Chloe, Madalyn and Camille - These girls play so well together and Madalyn loves them!

Birthday party at Red Robin for Connor and Lilly. Nat, KK and Lilly

I have to talk about what we did on Monday after "the sickness" passed because it was one of my favorite days of the trip. My mom and dad have some really good friends, Barbara and Kerry, and Kerry works for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia has an employee store that is so much fun to go to because the prices are so great. Malcolm got a 200.00 jacket for 90.00 and it's Columbia! Employees can put some of their friends on a list to be able to go to the store and my mom and dad made the list and are able to bring some friends as well. Yay! So, Monday we all got to go on a little shopping spree at the store and then ended the day eating dinner at P.F. Chang's (my fav Chinese restaurant). It was the perfect day and I did not take one picture!

Bath time! He is just too cute!

Remember on my Thanksgiving post I talked about the horrible apple pie I made Malcolm. Well I made him one to redeem myself and I think it looks pretty good. Malcolm got to have a piece a couple of days later after "the sickness" and I did not have one bite of it and I think we threw more than half of it away! Oh well! I should confess that it was a combined effort in the making of the pie. My Mom did most of the crust and my dad peeled the apples for me! Thank you!

Before the sickness! We worked so hard all day long on this meal and in the end it was for nothing. We did not even get to have dessert before it struck!

Funny Connor boy

Malcolm's new golf bag

Connor and Papa - He wouldn't sit still for long!

Nan's present - a digital frame

A flurry of activity. I think we all got sufficiently spoiled!

Nan opening a present

Sweet Lilly girl

Auntie KK and Madalyn

Nachos anyone? I think I had too many of these so I did not have room for the great dessert below. I thought we would get to bring it home but we didn't which was probably for the best! :)

Nan and her sopapilla cheesecake for dessert. Very good and I did not get any that day!

Fiesta Dinner on Christmas day. My mom and dad have some friends who invited us over for mexican food and it was so good. I could get use to that tradition! Especially since we all got sick after our turkey dinner! :{

We finally got to be with sweet Lilly girl again! She is too precious and Madalyn LOVED her so much!

Listening to music with Nan

Madalyn and her MP3 player which she calls an ipod. :) Santa brought her a Hannah Montana one but we could not figure that one out so she ended up with a pink disney one. When we told her we had to get her a different one she could not understand how Santa brought her one that did not work.

Sweet Connor and some of his stocking stuffers

Papa, Madalyn and Connor on Christmas morning. I am glad that Santa knew where to find us!

Cookies and milk for Santa. Santa got his favorite chocolate chip made that night. Lucky guy! ;)

Beautiful drive but horrible roads!

Connor and his new front facing car seat. He loved it and smiled almost the whole way!

The cute little log hotel in Bonners Ferry that we stayed at on the way. It is so cute and at a great price too!

The gingerbread house our family made at our care group the Friday before we left. This years was the best one I think we have made since we started making them a few years ago.