Happy Holidays!

We’re managing to keep warm despite the cold temps and snow that we’ve been receiving daily for more than a week now. Cole is playing his Indiana Jones XBox game as I write this. Ian is psyched to finally have a Nintendo DS like Nathan; they played a network game against each other for a better part of the morning yesterday. I smoked a 13lb roast on the green egg despite the fact that only three adults were going to enjoy it. Erin was annoyed enough to take a picture which I’ve included in the slide show below, but she decided it was a good thing today when I used the left overs (at least a small portion of the left overs) to make prime rib panini sandwiches. Thanks Amanda for the panini grill!

We’d like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!

Click on any of the pictures below to launch a slide show

Cole posing for pictures with a snowman

Cole wearing the elf hat that ‘cookie Gramma’ gave him

Ian showing off the snowman cookies he made

Cole

All three of our boys posing with Christmas hats

Erin captured this shot of Cole sound asleep on Christmas Eve with his book still open.

This was taken 1AM Christmas morning. It snowed all night!

Our boys on Christmas morning. Cole is watching Ian and Nathan play Nintendo DS.

Erin went back through all of our pictures and pulled together a few that represent the last 8 years of Christmas celebrations we’ve had in North Carolina, Ohio and Washington.

Click on the picture to launch the slideshow and Merry Christmas!

Cole visiting the lights at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens in 2007

We’re up to five Christmas trees in our home. One in the living room, one in the family room and one in each of the three kids bedrooms. In my family, we have a tradition of purchasing an ornament each year that is symbolic of something that happened during the year. The kids have a blast hanging their ornaments from years past and asking us what the significance of each one is.

The living room

Cole decorating his tree

Ian decorating his tree

Nathan working on his tree

Another shot of the living room

Happy holidays everyone!