Can you BELIEVE that Christmas is OVER???!!!! I can't. In fact, my decorations just don't seem to want to come down. I think that i'll pretend it's Christmas until at least February. :)
Anyway....
We started our Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve at my parents house. This lovely little picture below is of my handsome husband helping out in the kitchen. Yes, he is wearing my mom's apron. What a man! :)
We had fun helping my parents get ready for company and cooking some yummy food! My dad showed Matt his famous clam chowder making skills and I got to do the grunt work (such as grating and chopping miscellaneous things...)
All of my siblings came except for Joe. We took pics of each family and of all the grandkids! (Minus Dannette) Looking at this pic I can't believe how big they are all getting! Especially Austin and Justin! They are turning in to handsome young men! Who would have thought!? I feel old... Here are my parents and some of the coolest kids around:
After we ate, sang, played, and opened presents we sent everyone home and made our way to Matt's parents house. We stayed the night there and helped Santa do his thing at the Bitter house.
The next morning we opened presents with the whole fam. It's always so fun Christmas morning at the Bitter house! And I can always count on getting a sugar coma after making my way through my stocking!
Matt got a bunch of reloading stuff and a few calls (technical boy/hunter terms...don't worry nothing exciting). I got an awesome jewelry box thing, some clothes, books, and...dum da da dum....AN IPOD TOUCH! I had no idea Matt was going to buy me one! I sort of lost my iPod that he bought me last Christmas (anyone seen a Pink Nano anywhere?). So, after that I didn't think he'd get me another one...but HE DID! And, IT ROCKS....seriously, everyone should have one.
Another highlight was the gift exchange we did this year with the Bitter's. I had our niece Brynlee's name this time. I made her a dress up chest and bought some clothes for it. When she opened it she proceeded to put on every outfit in it! It was so stinkin' cute! It made my painting effort worth it! So here she is...the cowgirl/cheerleader/fairy!
The rest of the holidays we pretty much crashed at the Bitter's and bummed around eating food, playing the Wii, playing other games (hearts, sequence)..... It was wonderful!
Matt had fun hanging out with Mitch and practicing with the new calls. They spent some time calling coyotes too. It's amazing how Matt will wake up at 5 in the morning to fish or hunt but yet when it's time for work or errands with me it takes a blow-horn to get him up!!!
Now it's back to reality this week. We spent today helping Ayanda (our new friend from Zimbabwe) getting registered and what not for classes. Tomorrow will be the same and I'll have to take care of odds and ends for this semester. Then on Wednesday I start another semester of 20 credits! At least this time I won't be working on top of it!
I am so excited for 2010 and I'm sure it's going to be a fabulous year! 2009 was great and so much happened in such a short time! I can't help but be excited for what lies ahead!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is enjoying the new year!
