Christmas and New Years!

Here is the Annual 'Pajama Line up' pose for the Weatherspoons. It is an old family tradition that started with my grandparents- every year you line up and take a family picture (usually in pajamas) on Christmas morning. The childhood pajama lineups are priceless- somehow I am always crying in them. Not this year! (this is Sarah narrating, not Joe by the way) You might be thinking we have some pretty fancy pajamas- but the truth is we didn't take this picture on Christmas morning in our jammies... My big gift from Joe this year was suprise tickets to go see a dinner theatre showing of A Christmas Carol! So so fun- thanks Joe!

Rock hit the jackpot this year with gifts, and he isn't even here yet! Joe's parent's are so fun- they sent a huge package for Christmas- everything you see pictured is gifts for Rock! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Weatherspoon! If you look in the midst of the presents you might just see ol' Saint Nick with his hand on the remote control- Joe likes to make sure Santa has the remote in case he gets bored.Christmas Eve was so fun- Grandma Joyce put on a great party! We ate a scrumptious delicious turkey dinner- with gold 'silver' ware. Joe and I had our first taste of Christmas pudding- what a treat! When grandma found out there was people who had never eaten Christmas pudding, or seen the flaming sugar cubes she put on a show! Too bad the pictures didn't show it, but that pudding cake was on fire!What a cutie Natalie! We were also lucky enough to spend Christmas eve with Rebecca, Trent, and Natalie. The only thing missing was Grandpa to recite the Night Before Christmas by heart- but Crystal read it for all of us. I hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas too!

Joe and Jon got fancy gold invitations from their wives for another feast during their school break. Ham cooked in a cinnamon, coriander, and some sort of pardamom? pod with a cranberry glaze, Garlic mashed potatoes with a mushroom and sundried tomato cream gravy, an avacado lettuce salad, fruit kabobs, garlic french bread, sparkling cider and rocky road brownies for dessert! whew.. I started salivating again. If Andy and I look a little glossy it can be that we are glowing with pride for how the meal turned out (and how much we love our hubbies..) or because the oven was so dang hot it practically melted the mascara off our eyelashes. Either way, thanks for the recipes Andy- and what a suprising success that night was! NEW YEARS!!! We got together for a Newly Wed, Battle of the Sexes, Rock Band, Karaoke Game night at Kade and Kaylee's- can you even begin to imagine that much fun under one roof in one night? Believe it. That is Joe's Johnny Cash look. OW! We are going to picture me a little bit smaller- I just dont want to detract from Joe's previous picture... That could be me Karaoke-dancing to Travis Tritt, Jackson 5, or Duffy, It's all a little hazy.