christmas 2010

it seemed like it took christmas a long time in getting here this year…then once it was here it was over!…i felt good about christmas…i suppose because i was ready… for a change!…i had all my shopping done about a week before and just about all the gifts wrapped!…i didnt do much baking or any special desserts and because of it..i really dont feel like i put on any weight!…woo woo!…it was a fun day here….belle, rusty, russ and i opened our gifts to each other in the morning and had a bunch left for amy, ethan and the twins…they arrived about 1:30ish and brought with them their friend mike….as soon as they finished opening gifts dinner was ready…very simple ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli with cheese, deviled egg, and garlic bread…i made no pie but did have some special nutmeg cookies that were my favorite.. ma use to bake them when i was a kid…i have to say.. have never gone wrong buying a “honey baked ham”…it cost a bit but it is delish!…below are some of the pictures of the day

night before christmas

L - R ethan, mike, rusty

belle (showing her IQ), amy, and aiden

xmas dinner

all was good….looking forward to the new year!

funny story

see the little red/orange button on radio?

 one day last week, while he was on duty, russ stopped in at amy and ethans house just to say hello….the twins had not gone down for their nap yet…of course aiden says “papa” and points to his radio clipped to his uniform…papa proceeds to inform him its a radio and that he cannot touch that little red/orange button…thats a “no no”….so russ talks for just a bit to amy then aiden proceeds to ask papa “up up”…so russ picks aiden up and the first thing aiden did was push the red/orange button…holy crap!! russ sets aiden down and tries to shut the radio off!….disbatch immediately calls and ask russ if he needs help or back up??!!..russ stammers and says no i bumped the button by accident and i dont know how to turn it off….dispatch told him he may have to take out the batteries and put them back in….sure enough he did and that worked!…but what our whole family thinks the funniest damn thing was that russ told aiden before aiden was curious  that the button was not to be touched…..while russ was distracted talking to amy he just picked aiden up without remembering he told aiden about the red/orange button….aiden did what naturally a 2 year old would do!….in the 20 something years russ has worked for the sheriff’s office hes NEVER had to use that distress button!!!….russ took full blame for he couldnt say his grandkid pushed the button for he was on duty! hahhahaha

christmas picture!

im not sure when ill get my “kodak moment”…but it aint this year either! haha…we decided to go to gateway mall to see santa and have picture taken….we got there a little early but not first in line…(usually at night there is no line)…anyway…of course the little buggars were not in the best of moods….way before all this we all had introduced the idea of santa and that he says ” ho ho ho mery christmas”….weve showed them pictures of him and of course hes been advertised on tv….i always sorta kidded with them about santa asking them if they have been a good little boy or girl…gracie automatically says “NO!”….i kept trying to tell them to say yes cause they could get presents/toys!…but of course they dont quite get that drift of toys of presents….so…when its time for them to go sit on sants lap…ethan holding gracie…amy holding aiden..both kids grab onto their parents with the death grip and DONT want to sit with santa!…hahaha so of course the woman taking the picture says way dont you parents sit in the picture holding your kids!…well…they werent exactly ready mentally or physically for that but they did!…(amy wouldnt remove her hat…her hair looked like hell!)…..aiden finally settled down but…below is the 2010 christmas photo tasken for prosperity!…ha ha …

christmas 2o10