Happy Birthday Barbie!

Barbie is 50 years old today. Boxed is the 50th Anniversary Bathing Suit Barbie.

Seated is the one I got for Christmas when I was 8 years old.

Merry Christmas......

It's a Wonderful Life...........

Christmas Eve with my family

Everyone opened their party crackers and wore their crowns.

My mom loves her Angel. She collects them.

She also loves her step stool that the Nichols family got her.

Mark, my mom, Maria and me.

The boys with grandma. She's 77, doesn't she look good!

The Boldrin Bunch doing the Christmas Disco Dance

Christmas in Renton

Yummy appetizers.

My chocolate trees with powdered Christmas ball.

Pat, Pam & me.

Little Wes with Great Aunt Elena.

Tyler holding Wes.

Jacob holding Wes.

Awe, great cousins.

Jeff & Jenny hugging the bear we got Wes.

Shirts the boys got from Aunt Pam & Uncle Jerry.

Chris is Santa this year.

Mike & Wes.

Stirrett/Johnsen Christmas Party

Mike won a prize again this year. He seems to win every year. The card is a gift card to Subway.

Leaving the party. It's still snowing!

We went driving around to look at Christmas lights. This house is really nice, a friend of Mike's he works with.

We are finally home. Notice, some of our lights are out. Time to buy new ones!

Busy Saturday

After I got back from Collage, believe it or not we raked, in the falling snow! But we got most of it done. We recieved a package from Lindsey and Brian. She said it wasn't our Christmas present, it was something she wanted to do for us, pictures of Mike and I holding Christian and Kingston. The frames flip, revealing more pictures! What a wonderful thing do to for us Lindsey. It made me cry. I want them here for Christmas......Thank you Lindsey and Brian.

Let the decorating begin.....

Our Christmas tree.

Let the sawing begin.....

Tradition, 3 different kinds of popcorn while we decorate the tree.

Jacob decorating the tree.

Tyler decorating the tree. He's in charge of putting all the decorations on the upper part of the tree now that he's 5 foot 10!

Done!

Decorated house. Looks prettier at night when the lights are down low.

Mr. & Mrs. Clause. My mother-in-law bought them for me. We put them out every year and to this day they still remind me of Grandma Marie. :) Lindsey, do you remember? Someday they will be yours. I know how much you love them.

Memories...........