More Pics

Here are a few from Christmas Eve.

The Puppies Christmas Morning.

And the whole gang Christmas day.

Chillin!

WoO HOo!! Santa and his helper got me an ice cream maker for my KitchenAid and a Ben & Jerry's ice cream book!! The maker is already chillin in the freezer. Maybe I will get a batch made tomorrow.

Carriage Ride 2009

Last year for Christmas, Dave's dad got us another one of the Diamond Lane Carriage gift certificates. We used it again this year to go see the lights at Lakemont. It was fun as usual, and not as cold as the past 2 years. We're heading out to the farm for the dinner part of our gift on Sunday. Here is the FIRST BATCH of what should be a few days worth of pictures.

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Hi!!! Me again!

Let's see.... we had a nice Thanksgiving. Had not heard from anyone about any plans, so we stayed home and made dinner. Dave's dad came down. We made enough that I think we ate Thanksgiving dinner for most of the following week. No complaints though, at least I didn't have to try to think of some thing to make.

Got to see pap and some of the kids over the weekend, so that was nice.

On Thursday we went downtown to watch the Christmas parade. It was nice, but I couldn't help but think about the parades "in the old days"! LOL... I guess I am starting to get old. I'm doing "I remember when..." a lot. You'd think that a town this size would have a good turnout for a parade. And there were a lot of people watching, but I was surprised there weren't more performing units participating. The high school and junior high bands performed, but that was about it. There were a lot of floats, and a few majorette and dance units, but they didn't really do much, at least in the area we watched from. We were also surprise at the kids watching. Most of the floats threw candy, and while some of the kids scrambled for it, they seemed to pick through it and leave a lot behind. I have PICTURES of course, take note of the candy laying around. Weird.

We got our Christmas tree yesterday. It's up, but we haven't decorated it yet. Benson seems to approve though. He has found himself a spot and keeps laying under it. That's an improvement from past years, so far, he isn't trying to eat it. Works for me.

Hope everyone stays warm!! And, if we don't see you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!