The Christmas Post, and stuff...

Our first Twin Falls Christmas was indeed very Idaho.
Regardless of the fact that they haven't seen this much snow here in ten years...
we soaked it all in
to our boots, socks, hats, gloves, etc...

It was great fun to have Grandma here this year, as well as Brian and Bobbie on Christmas Eve. In a couple short hours with them we managed to
devour the Cafe Rio salad,
trim Mom's hair,
talk photography
and open a present or two.
We try to be efficient.

Brian brought a new (used) lens (!!) which was for me from Doug, even if Doug didn't know about it at the time. ;-) Husbands such as mine are so grateful they don't have to mess with Christmas shopping.

We participated in the traditional theatrical nativity production, with costume design, direction and narration all provided by Bret and Tate.

After waking (!?!?) our children on Christmas morning, we enjoyed watching the kids open presents while grounding cereal and candy canes into the carpet.

Then, inevitable...they bundled up for some snow fun.

The boys and Doug made a snow fort/barricade which was used in the ensuing
father-initiated snowball fight.

It ended just as I predicted it would; Children with snow in their faces, crying.

It didn't, however, stop them all from going back and doing it again. It ended the same way the second time.

It was all soon remedied when I provided them all with
homemade hot chocolate.

And let me just say....this is the best hot chocolate ever.

Later, before heading over to our neighbor's house for Christmas Dinner and Rock Band (another lovely Christmas duet), I attempted to document the day (and the new Christmas Dresses made by Grandma) by taking a family picture, utilizing an extra set of hands to shoot it.

It was a rather hysterical sequence of events,

resulting in a lot that turned out like this:
(click for larger)

and then I settled for this one.

Now if we can finish our talks for church tomorrow and get that overwith, we can
enjoy the rest of the break!