Merry White Christmas

We arrived home last night from a wonderful Christmas celebration with my family. Jonathan thoroughly enjoyed the time with his Nonnie and Grandpa and his aunts and uncles.

We were surprised to have a lovely White Christmas.

Jonathan had a blast with his cousin Logan, who came over on Christmas Eve. The two enjoyed the snow flurries.


Jonathan and Logan with the Mommies, Grandmas, and Aunt Heather.


Jonathan, all ready to go to Christmas Eve Service. Tiger was ready to go, too.When we arrived home from the service, the yard was already white with snow!

Then Christmas morning we went out early to play in the snow before the day warmed up. Jonathan was fascinated, but wasn't especially impressed with the flavor.

Daniel, Kimie, Heather and Justin on Christmas morning.

Jonathan got a little help with his presents...

Our home has again been stocked with toys that go Vroom, Beep, and Moo. The vroom vroom and beep beep aren't so much the problem, though. It's the string of car sounds that goes on for 15 minutes that makes you nuts in the brain. Still, we have to thank Jonathan's Aunt Sarah for the noisy car book and his Halmony and Hariboge for the Zhu Zhu pets that kept him entertained for the last 2 hours of the 5 hour ride home. Without those I fear we would have been few degrees more nuts by the time we arrived home. And Jonathan is in love with the Zhu Zhu pets. He learned how to turn them on today and pushes their little noses to hear the additional sounds. Anytime one gets stuck at a wall he's quick to notice and make sure it gets back on its feet and running around again.

Among the treasured toys... a rocking horse from Nonnie and Grandpa and a big dump truck with mega blocks. Jonathan can get to quite a gallop on that rocking horse.



I love this photo of Jonathan looking up at his Uncle Justin.
The helicopter in hand is what he woke up talking about this morning, though it wasn't in sight. The "hapta" was a gift from Jonathan's Grandpa to the men in the family, who spent the weekend working on their flight techniques, speed, and timing, to Jonathan's delight.

Another highlight of our trip was the opportunity to catch up with friends from high school and as far back as 1st grade. Jonathan got to come for our visit to the Cherry home and had a great time decorating Christmas cookies!


Saturday we got to celebrate Kimie's birthday in her new home. She and Daniel have done an amazing job making their new house into a warm home in just a few weeks. Happy Birthday Kimie!

There's almost more flame than Kimie in this picture. She's fit, though... she managed enough air to get everyone one of those twenty-something candles just before the fire alarm went off.