Holidays

Ok, so what can I say. We (I) have been slacking at updating the blog so I am going to throw a ton of stuff up here, so here it goes.....

In the beginning of December we had Kaleb's baby blessing. Pris and I decided that we would have a luncheon after the blessing. We were trying to decide on how much work we wanted to put into it. We decided to buy food from Sam's. When we went to Sam's to pick out the food we decided at first to get a deli tray and some croissants and let everyone build their own sandwiches. When we got to the meat section to order the meat tray, Pris saw the already-made sandwiches. She was sold on those and changed the order. The sandwiches were a hit and I could not get enough of them. Scott and Natalie brought chips, Derek and Kesley brought an awesome pasta salad with pecans in it (yummy!!), and Dad and Dixie brought jello. The pasta salad was a hit for our kids. Kelsey even made two bowls of it and we took the extra because it was so good. I love these special times we have to gather as family and friends. They bring us so much happiness and make the troubles of life easier.




Christmas was a special time. We had Julie and the girls with us. One tradition that we have always had is getting new pajamas on Christmas Eve. So Grandma Julie and Grandpa Randy sent all the kids pajamas. They had so much fun opening up and seeing what they had sent. We had some secret Santas come and drop off stuff for Julie and the girls. They even left us with a movie package with Kung Fu Panda as the movie. The kids loved watching that movie; of course there were parts that we fast forwarded. James really loved the part where Panda was fighting the bad guy and they were rolling down the steps and Panda landed on the leopard's hard. He laughed so hard. Pris and I laughed when they were walking up the mountain and Panda said "I know you're trying to be all mystical and kung fueee, but...". We laughed so hard. We also had a Finlayson family Christmas party. Eveyone had a great time. Here are some pics from it.


Scott and Jason. Of course Jason loves to be a ham when pictures are being taken.