The Aftermath....Christmas 2008

We had a very nice holiday...with family and friends for the last five days....as you can see, David was very happy walking down the steps as I took pictures....he would not let me take one step at a time...LOL...then intently reading the note Santa left him...he loved all the gifts and had a great time...Happy Birthday Jesus...

A real army flashlight...

Me opening gifts....

David and his ammo......

We went to Sheri's house for Christmas dinner....

Anna and RJ

Hannah, Lauri & Grandmom

Friday we had my father & Betty (feeling very ill), Lou & Gail with kids, Jim & Kate, Tim, Dan, & us for a feast...it was great fresh shrimp and stuffed crabs along with Dave's meatballs and sausage..and of course plenty of cakes from The Hornberger's Bakery...

A gift from Grandpop Hornberger

Jim, Kate, Emily, & Lou

Then Late Friday night we had house guest for two days...our friends Pam and Rob along with Zac and Brendan plus their two bassets Moose and Reta Mae....later on Sat., Robs brother and fiancee Linda came to stay...

Reta Mae

Rob and Moose

Mike Aughe and his fiancee Linda with Moose

Christmas Eve 2008

This Christmas Eve Mare, Aunt Helen, and Dan came over for dinner...we had turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, salad, rolls...hmm...butterscotch banana cake and fun...DJ opened a lot of kool gifts from Aunt Mare and Uncle Dan..he got some Indian Jones toys and night vision goggles...he also got some army toys including a tank and figurines..Uncle Dan got him a Marines version of monopoly....we had a great time....Santa came and above is a picture of the tree post Santa and DJ sleeping....Merry Christmas

December

Well, December was and still is a busy month...finished my Stats class and got an "A", work semester finished and between writing evals and having actual appointments as well as faculty development day, it was crazy...got our tree up as well as the decorations...had five hockey games...even played at the Spectrum for one of the games..and of course getting shopping done...ha ha ...we have yet to visit Santa (well we did see him at the Spectrum)and I am hoping to get my cookies and cards finished today...for I have family coming on Wednesday and Friday and then friends staying with us from Friday to whenever???? So yeah Mich...I have not written lately oh yeah forgot...I have also been running around getting my credentialing for Lehigh Valley done....and I finished the PTO tax return and gave out presents to the classrooms for rainy days....but with all this busyness, I am having fun and that is important....started reading the Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille for our local book club (thanks for the TV shows going on hiatus)...DJ is finished school now till Jan 5 as am I ...we all are off till then..OMG we are going to kill each other....well I posted some pictures...till later