Brendan and I had a lovely Christmas in Ohio with my family. We were surprised by the amount of presents under the tree. We each had a pretty impressive stack of gifts to open.
Rich
Mom
Brendan (notice his Halloween pajamas)
me
Jeanette
Jeanette and I worked up a sweat passing out all those presents! Jeanette read the Christmas story in Luke, Rich said a prayer, and then the wrapping paper flew. Not really–we took turns, oldest to youngest, opening our gifts to prolong the fun and to see what everyone received.
Brendan got an awesome reindeer ornament made of shotgun shells from Jeanette.
Brendan's new ornament
Mom bought this awesome $1 DVD of a fireplace for my stocking. I can choose a “roaring” fire or a “flickering” fire. Brendan is warming his hands. 
check out the roaring flames
I hope everyone’s Christmas was filled with joy and love.
Love,
Tiff
Joanne
December 31, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Maybe I should get one of those and sweat the pounds off for the new year =)