Christmas Card 2011

Christmas In Oak Ridge 2011

Went to Oak Ridge this past weekend to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family. My mom, her fiance Ron, my sister Becky and brother in law Hal, niece Sophia and nephew Dawson. Oh, and all of my crew of course. My sister fixed a big Mexican feast and we opened presents. The kids were all thrilled with their stuff- adults also. Then, this is where it got interesting...we left the kids in Oak Ridge and Tommy and I drove back home for a kid-free Christmas party. We decided almost 8 years of never having a date night was long enough(much less a night where all the kids were staying the night somewhere else). It was a lot of driving, but awesome. So after getting up this morning, we drove back to Tennessee to pick them up and visit a little while longer. Great Christmas 2011!

Santa Visits Preschool

Night With Friends

Tonight we had a few friends over to to appetizers and desserts. Each family brought one of each and they we set them all up on the table as a buffet to graze on.

Hummus, bri and gingered-pear chutney tarts, hot artichoke dip and sausage balls were the starters. Followed by raspberry chocolate torte, double chocolate oreo cheesecake and cream puffs with homemade chocolate sauce. Can you tell this group likes chocolate?

All the kids played outside, inside, watched some of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and then went upstairs to put on a play for the adults.

Tommy and I even got to love on our friend Katie and Jeff's little baby boy Charlie.

Good times!

Ella On Christmas

Carson on Christmas

Tyler On Christmas