On Christmas Eve we went over to Josh's parents' house for fondue. There is always lots of yummy food involved, and Josh usually stuffs himself until he gets sick. (Deep fried cheese balls, anyone?) After food we played "Imagine If" and then watched a movie. After that, it was time to go home. Santa stopped by our house pretty early in the evening. Here is our beautiful tree!
Santa did spoil us this year (and of course we spoiled each other!) Here are just a few of our gifts. (My camera died pretty quickly - and it had trouble adjusting to the lighting, so sorry for the blur!)
A new ninjitsu video for Josh...
New sparring gloves for me...
And a model F-22 for Josh! The dogs opened their own presents. It took Lance a long time to figure it out, but Toby is an old pro, and Shena finally got the hang of it last year. Of course, Toby loves to play with the wrapping paper when we are done opening as well, and the usual mess was made:
After opening our gifts, we headed back to Josh's parents' for breakfast and more gifts. Then it was on to my family, where we spent the rest of the evening opening gifts, playing games, eating dinner, and watching movies. (The movie of choice for the evening was Despicable Me, which I highly recommend.)
New Years was spent with my family. There was food, football, and poker (with chips of course). I was quite pleased with myself for winning our game of Texas Hold'em. My sister and I were the only ones left in when we quit, and it was pretty close but in the end I had more than she did. Since my luck is usually...well...nonexistent, I thought it was pretty cool. We rang in the new year with a sparkling cider toast and lots of yelling, but skipped our traditional confetti and noise-making this year.
Your tree is beautiful! Looks like a wonderful holiday! And oh it sure looks like the puppies had a good time!
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