Merry Christmas!

We had a lovely Christmas yesterday - a very white Christmas. The weather was forecasted to be "maybe a few light showers throughout the day, but it may miss the metro area all together." I think we ended up with 8 inches of snow! But it was a beautiful day & thankfully the friends and family that were planning on coming to our house still braved the roads and made it to and fro safely. One of our guests was Lloyd, and, heck, he'd gladly drive through 12 inches of snow just to help us change a lightbulb!

This year was the first year Max really got the idea of Santa Claus & he has been so excited this last week, planning out where to leave Santa's snack and a little treat for the reindeer too.

The boys opening the first round of gifts Christmas morning:
Men at work: The table is set and Max is ready:Playing with the "laptop" from Aunt Whitney and Uncle Jody. He's already passing me technologically. Their new puppets elicit the biggest belly-laughs from Ben:Enjoying the hand-made candy Grandma Jill & Grandpa Jim gave them (thanks for the pics, Whit):