Christmas 2008!

We had to stop after stockings so Gav could have some breakfast, he was to hungry!!

He thinks his new clapper is hilarious!

Sharing his new penguin blankie with daddy!.

The aftermath! Gavin is in the corner dancing to Christmas music!

Nerf wars at the Tomlinson family Christmas...who's idea was it to buy everyone nerf guns anyway?!!

Carolynn, Alayna, & Katherine in Alayna & Nina's new tent!

Christmas at the Graham's

Sportin his new Cowboys jersey and hat from Dan

Brian & Andrew seeing who can hit the tree with a snow ball first!

Armstrong family Christmas!

Gavin's Christmas Photo Shoot!

Pictures from Gavin's Christmas photo shoot with Mama....

This is how the picture taking started out, I think it's safe to say it only got better! Who's idea was it to try and take pictures at 7:00 after a cranky day?!!

My handsome!!!

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..."

It looks like after years of anticipation we'll finally have a white Christmas!! The last several years have been rainy, brown, dull, and dead (in terms of the weather!). But with Christmas being a few days away it looks like there's hope...we had a huge snow storm on Friday and ended up with about 8 inches and it's been continuing to snow during the weekend and still today!! We haven't been out to play in it because it's been coming down pretty hard, been extremely windy, and freezing (like in the 20's!) plus Gavin is getting sick (hopefully that won't last until Christmas). I just snapped a couple of pictures from our window, hope to be able to really get out and get some nice ones soon!

A rare moment of blue sky and a little bit of sun!

Christmas Baking

What a big helper!

Apparently Brie has never used a hand mixer before and look what happened!!

Gav didn't mind Aunt Brie's mess of powedered sugar!!

Train em' young!

The task...

The results!

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!!"

We got our Christmas tree 2 weeks ago. I wish we could keep it up all year long, it makes the house so warm and cozy..I love this season!

"Could this be the one...?"

Gav saying "oh my" that there's a tree in the house!

Daddy explaining the symbolism behind why we get Christmas trees

"Hooray, we're finished!!!"

Fire Dept. Christmas Party

We had the Christmas party for Andrew's volunteer fire dept. Sunday night. I love Christmas parties! We had drinks, dinner, singing (they made all the newer guys do the 12 days of Christmas, Andrew landing #12!!). All in all it was a fun evening out!Gav saw us taking pictures and wanted in!