Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Still Digging Out


I love a snowy Christmas, it reminds me of childhood going to grandma's house and having a Christmas eve gift giving. Well, at that age, it was a gift opening and it was always such fun to get to open something early! I hope that my kids have fond memories when they get older. Not just about Christmas past but wonderful memories of things that we did or will do as a family. I have a short "bucket list",perhaps the kids will want to accompany me as I cross things off the list. One thing I'd really love to do is go see the northern lights. I need to research and determine when is the best time to go. Jeff isn't thrilled with the idea but I'll gladly follow him on a vacation that he wants to do, if he'll follow me on mine.


Santa's Haul


Nascar 09. What could be better???


Opening gifts could be better!

and more gifts.....



and still more gifts.













  • Christmas brought some wonderful visitors, 28 family members and one huge snowstorm. I think that the pile of gift wrap, opened boxes, toys, clothes and Wii and PS2 games was much deeper than the 9 inches of snow that we got. Now, 5 days later, I'm still digging out but not from the snow. The digging involves the clutter that is left in the wake of a Christmas brunch with 34 people total, when you add in us Keller's.



    Christmas was a wonderful day. I always love having people come to our home and celebrate with us. Like I said earlier in this post, we had 28 visitors and the 6 of us crammed into this house. Makes me realize how small my kitchen is and how nice it would be to have more space for entertaining. But, we have a house, we have work, and I am able to stay home with our kids. For me, that is what is most important.

4 comments:

COME ON BABY said...

OH I wish I was one of the 30+ people at your house. LUCKY!! I am sad I missed out on the snow this year. It was 78 degrees on Christmas day here in Louisiana!! Love and miss ya!!

L. Taggart said...

Looks like you had a great day! Where do you fit everyone? We all know it's not the space in the home but the space in your heart that makes a great party, and you have the heart. Love ya, miss ya. Happy New year!

**G** said...

I'm glad to see that you've made it through and got a chance to post photos! It sounds so busy and wonderful!

Happy New Year!!!!

Cathy Holt said...

Hey! Sorry we didnt come out. Guess we missed the fun :-). It was snowy day that day - a white Christmas! Me too! I always wanted to see northern light since I was a teenager. I missed the free opportunity to do so, my aunt used to live in Fairbanks but she got retired and moved back to her native state, Florida when she retired from teaching at a elementary school. My aunt said its best time to see northern light is around fall time or spring time. Only 2 hours drive from her property (few log cabins, nice, huh?).