Christmas 2008

You can David here with all of his stuff. Those are night vision goggles on his head. They are as real as they get for kids. He loves to wear them all of the time. Also in the picture is a banana chair with wireless sound, a Nintendo DS, a GameCube game, posters, posters to color and some other odds and ends.









Here is Thomas with his stuff for Christmas.He couldn't have as much as the other kids, because they don't allow it at the group home. He got some small hand held games, a football, some posters to hang on the wall, some models, a calendar that has a new paper airplane for each day, and some music.









Emile was in HEAVEN with all of her stuff. Her insane parents got her a guitar, drums, and a keyboard. She also recieved some puppies, a medical kit, and a barbie. Her most favorite gift was a tote full of dress up stuff (see pic below).









Brittany laid all of her stuff out so you can see it very well in this pic. She got a Hannah Montana house (NOT a Barbie house), a Nintendo DS, music, a teddy bear (which she collects) and some other house furniture. She is having to learn the hard way how to use her DS the right way. She has already lost it once.








This pic of Emilie shows that she is all decked out in her new dress up clothes. The pose and everything is her to a T. She had something on all day. It was cute.

Christmas was good this year. The kids all loved their gifts. We had Brian's family here, it ended up for 3 days because of the storm. Look for pics of the storm to come. We had lots of fun playing games, watching videos, and having lots of yummy food. It was good to spend time with the family. My girlfriend from Alaska came the day before Christmas. Her name is MaryAlyn. It was fun to catch up with her and learn more about her family. They are getting as big as my family! Thomas was able to come up for Christmas day. He had a little bit of fun, but it wasn't all fun. He did pretty good at controlling himself for this visit.

Heidi and I took Thomas home on Christmas night. WHAT A STORM we traveled through! It was very scary! We took mom's car and it was not a good idea. Her tires are not good for traveling through the snow, her windshield wipers kept accumulating snow and we couldn't see anything. We ended up staying in Brigham City that night, because the weather was so bad. The next morning we bought tire chains so we could go over the canyon and make it home. It was quite an adventure.

Brian surprised me with his gift to me. He bought me a signed Simon Dewy print. It is the woman at the well. I was so touched that I cried. I sure do love that man!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas.