Monday, December 27, 2010

29 Reasons To Be Merry

1.) Time with friends (even if the pictures are lame...not pictured: Alan, Christa, and Heather)
2.) Quality time with Brennan playing tackles and reading I Spy (as well as "What's that?" and "Where's Brennan?")
3.) Sneaking in to Autzen Stadium!4.) Oregon Ducks basketball game
5.) A Ninkasi Brewery tour for all the boys with Aunt Jeannie. (Too much beer to take pictures!)
6.) Brennan waiting patiently in the car (with Auntie Chelas) while Chelsea and I ran into the Ducks store to make some returns...Ha ha!7.) Hard hat tour of the new Matthew Knight Arena courtesy of Gerd.8.) Visiting Mrs. K and Uncle Willi (we always forget to take pictures on these nice visits).
9.) Tracking Santa all day and night (Thank you NORAD!)10.) Lots and lots of Scrabble on the ipad and Air Traffic Control on Spencer's phone! (No pictures...our electronics were otherwise occupied!)
11.) Christmas caroling to Grammy!12.) In-laws decorating the Christmas tree, as usual. :)13.) Brennan ENTHUSIASTICALLY helping me and Colin put the real candles on the Christmas tree!14.) Santa's little helpers!15.) Grandpa and the little ones playing with fire!16.) Snuggies!17.) Lighting real candles on the Christmas Tree!18.) Singing Christmas carols around the tree together19.) Little boys hanging their stockings by the chimney with care...20.) Treats for Santa and Rudolph (before and after)21.) Matching Sweaters and eggnog! :)22.) My O'Neill stocking, almost done! :)23.) Measuring everyone! ("Aunt Heather, you didn't even grow!")24.) Giving and Receiving25.) Brennan's FOOTBALL HELMETS!!!!!26.) A very delicious Christmas dinner made by Blaine (it must have been good because it was meat and I still loved it), but Spencer had to cut it off the bone for me first...ha ha.27.) Whipped Cream!28.) Knowing that someone was watching over my Mom on Christmas Day when she got in a car accident. We are not merry about the car accident of course, just that she made it through unharmed.
29.) That Santa brought us EVERYTHING we asked for this Christmas! (More pictures coming soon.)



We hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did and that the next year holds comfort and joy for all of our loved ones! Merry Christmas!