And a Happy New Year!

I haven't posted any of my Christmas pictures yet, so here it goes. Christmas Eve day our friends the Brocks had a bunch of people over for a potluck lunch and ginger bread house decorating. It was a lot of fun, it was nice to have time to get together with friends on Christmas Eve.
Later that night, we ordered Chinese take out (our own little tradition) - we tried that place in Roanoke by Walmart (great wall or something) and it was pretty good. Then we tried doing our own little nativity, it was pretty funny - Kaydree was Mary, Carver (who refused to wear a costume) was Joseph, one of Kaydree's dolls was Baby Jesus, I was a wiseman along with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, and Ryan was a lone shepard. Oh well, next year we'll have a couple more participants.
I surprised everyone with matching pajamas this year, which they definately weren't expecting and neither was I. It was no easy task trying to sew without Kaydree or Ryan knowing about it - thank goodness for preschool. The poor pjs got worse and worse as I sewed them - the kids turned out pretty well, mine were okay, and I told Ryan his were disposable. I'm just glad they made it through the night in one piece.
I love this picture of the kids, it shows how wired and excited they were the night before.
I didn't take any pictures Christmas day, we were too preoccupied with the camcorder. Here's one of the night before, we had so much fun playing Santa and putting out all the gifts.
Kaydree acted so surprised at each little thing that she opened and often said "Oh, it's just what I wanted!" Carver was a great age for his first Christmas - it's so fun to watch him push his cars around and play like a little boy. We had a great Christmas and we're pretty excited for all the new things that 2009 will bring!