Christmas… Finally! (with good pictures too!)

Ah yes, every child loves the staircase. Crazy kids! :)

Well, let’s see. It’s now January 7th, so I thought it would be a good time to update the blog about Christmas and New Years. Since there hasn’t been any Holidays since, I suppose it’s still good. :)

Our Christmas Vacation started on 12/22. While I was packing for our trip I decided to scare Tucker because he loves it. I got him good and he was laughing so hard that he lost his footing and fell on the door hinge resulting in…

Can you see that nasty huge goose egg. Poor kid. I don’t know who was crying harder me or him. After about a minute he stopped and wanted to play more, but I was still crying. I felt so horrible. But, he’s ok, no permanent damage.

When David got off work we headed up to Tigard to watch the OSU v. BYU bowl game. Since 1/2 of David’s family are BYU fans, and the other 1/2 are OSU fans we thought it would be fun. Well, it sucked…  enough said.

On 12/23 David hung out with his Dad while I went to lunch with my Mother-in-law, and my two sister-in-laws. We went to California Pizza Kitchen and it was DELICIOUS. Dang I love that place. It was fun to get out with just the girls. That evening we had Christmas with David’s family. Tucker was extremely distracted by the candles lighting the fireplace…

He did pause long enough for a picture…

And then eventually he got interested in opening presents…

View Full Album

Early on the 24th we got on a plane and headed down to Sacramento to be with my family. I was SO Excited because this was the first Christmas in 3-years that we have been able to spend with my family. I was even more excited because I just knew that Tucker was going to be SO much fun this Christmas, and he sure was. Before I go on I have to share these pictures with you. We flew right over Crater Lake and I was able to get some decent shots with my phone camera. It was SO beautiful!

View Full Album

Once in California we went to breakfast with my parents and enjoyed a rather quiet Christmas Eve. My parents took us out to dinner with my Grandma to a delicious steakhouse. How cute are my parents here. :)

And here is our Christmas Eve Family pictures…

After dinner we went home to my parents house for some Christmas Eve traditions. We started the tradition this year of reading “The Night Before Christmas”, opening Christmas Eve Pajamas, and saying what we are grateful for that year. It was really fun. Here are some pictures from the day.

View Full Album

I got a really cute picture of Tucker with his Uncle BJ (my brother). BJ is always so excited to see Tucker, and as soon as Tucker warms up to him he LOVES his Uncle BJ. So, I LOVE this picture of the two of them…

After Tucker went down for bed we played cards with my parents and headed off to bed so Santa could come. :) The next morning Santa sure did come and Tucker had SO much fun playing with all of the paper, and also the books, puzzles and toys that were mixed into it. :) Here’s an album of picture for Christmas day. One of my favorite things of this Christmas was watching Tucker interact with all of his cousins. I loved watching him sit at the table with his cousins like a big boy. And since he was the only boy cousin there Christmas day, all of the girls just LOVED him to death. :)

View Full Album

My Mom got my Dad a surround sound system for Christmas. So on the 26th Mom and I took off with Tucker so that the installers could come and get their stuff done. My Dad was in Heaven since he’s been wanting these Bose speakers for YEARS! I had so much fun shopping with Mom. We used to go shopping a lot before David and I got married, so whenever we are in town we have to make up for lost time. :)

The rest of our time in California was spent visiting with family and just enjoying our time. I always love going to California and visiting with my family. There never seems to be enough time to do all that I want to do, and visit all who I want to see. We weren’t able to see any of our friends this time, sorry, but when it’s a short trip you have to spend as much time with family as possible.

David and I headed home late in the evening on the 29th. Apparently Oregon got a bunch of snow dumped that evening, but fortunately it didn’t affect our flight. However, it did take us a little bit longer to get home form the airport. We wound up staying at David’s parents house that night and headed home early the next morning.

On the 30th we were able to visit David’s best friend, Scott, and his Daughter, Ella, while they were in Tigard for the holidays. Scott’s wife was visiting a friend while we were up there. Here’s a cute picture…Tucker and Ella played pretty well together, and much to my surprise Ella and I became quick friends. She was very cute and cuddly that evening. She has quite the cute little personality, and David and Scott are always happy to catch up. After we left Scott’s we were able to go to an Engagement Party for David’s former roommate and his fiancé. They are the cutest couple and we are SO happy for them.

New Years Eve was pretty quiet for us. We went to dinner with some friends and then came home, watched a movie and we were in bed by 10:00. Yup, we are officially old. We were awake at midnight, I was barely, but we did wish each other a happy new year, and then I was quickly back to sleep.

David actually got pulled over on New Years Eve as we were coming home from dinner. We were both confused because it was 1-block from the restaurant.  Turns out he forgot to turn the lights, and since it was New Years Eve it gave the cop a reason to check if we were drinking. We were glad he only let us off with a warning.

So, there’s our holidays in a nut shell. We enjoyed our time with family but most importantly we enjoyed watching Tucker figure the Holidays out even more this year.

So, here’s to an exciting 2010. So many plans this year, and so many changes to possibly come. As with every year who knows exactly what it will bring, but whatever it is, we are ready! :)

BRING IT ON!