Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas Day 2010

Kurt opening his jaw horse:


Adam attempting to figure it out:


Everyone got a calendar, I didn't put names on the packages, so Alyssa just handed them out, they opened them up and then traded around for the correct calendar. Funny part was that no one got the right calendar :) Kurt got Adam's:


Mom got Alyssa's:


Alyssa got Mom's:


Adam got Kurt's:


Alyssa got Adam a PSU windbreaker:


Adam was quite relieved that he got a new Uncle John's bathroom reader. Said he can go to the bathroom again...LOL:


They had to open these together. You can see why. Before they even unwrapped it, they had decided it must be something related to Penn State cuz it's their only common denominator:


Mom gave us a gift certificate Rio's Brazilian SteakHouse in Nazareth:

I couldn't wait for Adam to open this gift. Even now, one of his favorite games that he'll pull out to play is Guess Who. I found an electronic version:


OK, maybe not the most fun gift, but definitely something that'll come in handy in the next few years:

As will this gift :) Alyssa has put up with less than desirable vacuum cleaners over the past several years, so will be happy with her own Hoover:


I gave Adam instructions on his Black Friday excursion with friends to pick up a flat screen TV for Alyssa if he could find one that was a good price. I gave him a limit, he found this one that was a bit more, so he chipped in the rest and that was his gift to Alyssa:


You'll never guess where I found this?!?! Shady Maple!! Adam says it looks like something someone would put on a teacher's desk. Know any teachers?!?!!?


Adam has one good stereo and two cars he drives. We got this one for him to install in one of the cars. It has bluetooth, so he can talk on the phone through the stereo speakers. We all decided both of his cars are so gosh darn noisy, nobody'd be able to hear what anyone was saying anyway:


My favorite gift to Alyssa! I found this cookbook at BJ's. I spent the last two months writing down many of my/our favorite recipes in the book. Kurt kindly mentioned to her how I grumbled every time I sat down to enter a few recipes :)


Kurt's PSU tie from Alyssa. Believe it or not, he didn't have one:


And then there's the Hess truck! At what point do I stop this tradition?!?!


Well.....I really wasn't getting this for Kurt, I had a $70 GC rebate for Staples, wanted new phones, bought 'em, then thought, eh....might as well use it as a gift :)


My new license plate holder from Alyssa:


More pink kitchen stuff?!?!!? When's this gonna end?!?!


Could it be?!?!?!


I've been working on this for, oh.....about the last 7 years!! Mom never thought I'd finish it:



Dinner:




Jacob's Star

Kurt sang this on Christmas morning. It is a Michael Card song.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Eve 2010

Our 11 pm Christmas Eve service:


Our two beautiful kids in front of our Christmas tree at church:

One of our friends was chiding Adam for not wearing a tie, after church he proceeded to show Gary his tie...LOL:


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Yum!

I have had two boxes of rice krispies and a bag of marshmallows for several months to be able make rice krispie treats at some point. Adam had some friends from school over tonight, so I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to make them and get them eaten! I decided to add some green food coloring to the melted marshmallow and then decided to get fancy and sprinkle red sugar on top :) How festive!!


Eclipse of the Moon

Adam and his buddies stayed up to see the eclipse early Tuesday morning. He appreciated his gift of a telescope many years ago! This first picture was taken with my camera directly at the moon. The remaining ones he took through his telescope (Not quite sure how he accomplished that!)




Monday, December 20, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas Concert 2010

This group sang selections from previous cantatas:

Alyce and Bethany:

Alyce, Alyssa and Holly:

Alyssa and Megan. Megan used to babysit for Alyssa and change her diapers :)

Megan's daughter Gianna with Alyssa:

A portion of the song that Kurt sang:

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Sleepyhead :)







This is the life :)

Friday, December 17, 2010

Our Dodo :)



Pillow Pets!

Jossie digging into her gift:

I love my puppy pillow pet:




Friends :)

Having a bad hair day:

Jonathan opening his present:


Looks like he's coming out of the bag :)

Penguin pillow pet!
(Note Jossie :), not sure what she was unhappy about!)

Putting coins into the little bank that tallies the amount as you drop the coins in:

Jossie's puppy pillow pet (too bad they don't have kitty ones):

Jonathan sharing with his sister, letting her put some coins in, too:

At Applebee's for lunch :)

Yummy! Mac and cheese :) She ate the whole thing!