Countdown to the New Year

Christmas 2008 Photos . . .

Leaving cookies and milk for Santa

Opening presents at Mamo and Papo's house (Dad's parents). That's my niece Kiana on the left.Cameron's acting cool in his Indiana Jones costume (one of his favorite presents)

Sierra smiling from ear to ear playing on her new laptop (her favorite present)

The little rocker

Sierra's 12th Birthday Party

Although Sierra officially turned 12 on the 18th, her party was tonight. She had her first co-ed birthday party at Cal Skate Clovis. Here are pictures of the event.

Left to right (girls): Sierra, Kaitlyn, Sierra C., Hannah

Left to right (boys): Josh, Paul, Polo (short for Napolean)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas . . .

...or at least a little like Christmas anyway. Decorating the tree and putting the stockings up are usually as far as I go with the holiday decor, other than a few snowglobes and Santas placed here and there around the house.

Our mantel. Just our pretty stockings and a cute wooden Santa.
My Nana handmade these stockings. She made the ones for Jason and me the year we got married. She made the ones for each of the kids the year they were born. Nana kept bugging me about what we were going to name our first baby so she could finish the stocking in time (Sierra was born 7 days before Christmas).

Tree in the day
Tree at night

Some snow globes. I find them out of place all the time because Cameron loves to play with them.

Carved wooden Santa sitting on our mantel.

Some of my favorite ornaments

She's our tree topper!