Sat 30 Dec 2006
Despite the sadness lingering around, we managed to have a pretty nice holiday. Below is my father and Erin’s cat “Mama” looking over some legal papers:

Gina and I huddle up at Sam’s place:

As per tradition we headed off to Ben’s house on Christmas Eve. They were putting the finishing touches on some fantastic cookies. We put our elbows on the table, drank some liquid “Christmas”, and surveyed the sugar cookie carnage:

Kris showed off his favorite:

I had to show off Sammy’s hilarious wrap job:

It is tradition for me to give Gina underwear for her birthday. I slipped this year and gave it to her for Christmas instead…only to make sure to attach a warning on the box:

We left the quiet peace of our very grown up Christmas and went to Josh’s sister’s house for a full on, kid-action, Christmas. Paper flew everywhere, the gumballs were flowing, and the madness of six children was in full force.

January 1st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I’m really sorry to hear about Josh’s grandfather
We’re excited about seeing you guys once we get out there…
January 1st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Sweet cookies.