Christmas Day 2010

Can anyone else believe that it’s January 8^th 2011? Holy Cow not me! I was thinking Christmas was never coming, I felt I was getting ready for Christmas for months and now the holidays are all over and it’s a new year, day 8. Time is really flying by. We had such an awesome Christmas. It was full of parties, traditions, too many treats, family fun, snow, real good food, laughs, birthdays, and lots of memories.

We spent Christmas Eve at the Graves. Started out with making soda’s in Michael's new soda maker, very delicious and refreshing. Next we had our traditional Fondue dinner with steak, shrimp and steak along with some vegetables. And later some chocolate fondue that was too good.

Every year Carol has a tradition that we get a Christmas story book along with an ornament/figurine and read it together as a family. This years story was "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck.

We played games, new technology games. PlayStation Move “Let’s start the party” You’ll laugh your butt off. If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, then come over to our house Beau got the games for his birthday, and find out how fun it really is.

Finally, after Jordyn asked us about 100 times, we opened presents!

(LaDawn got the same sweater from Amy & I) TOO FUNNY!

We got amazing paintings by Thomas Kinkade from John & Carol. Thomas Kinkade is from the same town that John grew up Placerville, California. Thomas is known for painting light into his pictures. Each of our pictures are different, but just Beautiful!






And BOY we got spoiled! After the party, Beau and I headed home and got some sleep before Santa came to our house.

Christmas morning Beau and I exchanged our gifts. We got ready and headed to my parents’ house for more fun and Christmas omelets, a Withers tradition. When we all were fed we started opening gifts.

Chef Old Man Withers

(Paycee was making faces in the mirror and it just had to snap a picture)

This year all my siblings went in one getting my Dad & Mom a new computer. It was the biggest surprise I think we’ve tried to pull off to my parents. They didn’t have a clue we were doing it. My dad likes to make jokes about his gifts. When we were little he’d put a cassette tape or CD in our stocking and tease us about how come Santa gave you a tape/cd when you don’t even have a player? Then we be all confused and then he’d have to end up telling us to go look somewhere else in the house for boom box. So, we tried to funny to him. We gave him and my Mom a monitor cord and printer cord. They had to open it and we teased them why do you need a monitor cord? You already have a computer monitor. They thought we were so funny, not really. Then we brought out the computer and monitor and they opened them up. My parents have never had a brand new computer, always fixing old ones. So this was a real treat for them. I was so excited to get them a NEW working computer!

Opening the "cables"

Beau & baby Madelyn

I made my Mom her very own temple picture. I took this temple class during the summer and have it hanging up in my house. Shanny’s ward did the same class and I joined along with Shanny’s ward and made my Mom her very own. She loved it, she got teary eyed, which made me. Genetics, we are a bunch of crybabies.

Paycee pretending to feed Great Grandpa Withers... in sunglasses, Grandma's sunglasses. She is such a silly cute girl.

Just some funny pictures of my little brothers up at my grandmas...
Goof balls... but I love them for it.

Next up we went to visit my Grandma Burch and all our extended family. As always, lots and lots of delicious food there. After the festivities at Grandma’s house, Beau and I headed home and John, Carol & LaDawn came over some dinner and games.

It was an awesome Christmas. One for the books.