Yes, still Christmas.

I am so far behind!!! But the Christmas in Indiana was extremely late this year. Almost a month after Christmas. And although things have been happening since then, I have been too distracted to do things like remember my camera. But I am going to get caught up so I can tell you about what is happening NOW guilt-free.

So CHRISTMAS...
Can you find the cat? Apparently she likes to arrange herself in with mom's decorations and be cute.

One big feature of our time at Mom's was the snow:

LOTS of it. They had a bunch to begin with, but then we brought a blizzard with us too, so it got pretty deep. So deep that the day we had our "Christmas Morning" much of the city had a snow day and closed down.

The dogs loved the snow, but mostly kept to the beaten paths, although Joche is back there plowing in a one... Stanley would have been happy if we would have just left him outside all day, a real snow dog.

I didn't get many good pics of gift-opening. I was excited to get the stainless steel pans and the dutch oven I wanted. And mom got a detail job for her car as well as her very own digital camera. Julie and Jeremi were happy to not get ALL baby stuff, although I think the onsie I tie-dyed was the cutest gift. Mike got a couple books and ALL of the Office DVDs. I hope he finds time when I'm gone that he can watch them. But the best gift, every year is...

Pure maple syrup. Two quarts, which is enough to last us the whole year, without watering it down with the cheap stuff! YUM!!!

But better than the gifts was being snowed in together, no where to go, just hang out, eat food and play games. And nap occassionally.

Why is it that every dog loves Stanley's bed!?! He only minds a little. He doesn't like laying in it when it smells like another dog. Gets all snobby about it. Which is kinda cute too.

Well I guess not ALL dogs fit, Joche tried, but it was decidedly too small, and he is too old to curl up into it. I wonder if I will ever have a post about visiting mom without talking about the dogs...Well hope you holiday season was as filled with joy as ours, even if your didn't last as long as ours!