Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year. My brother Brad and sister in law Victoria came down from Anchorage for 10 days. They arrived just in time for the 'Artic Blast' of 2008. It made it a little hard to do everything we had planned, thought it allowed for lots of relaxation, good conversation and plenty of laughs. It was a great time!

Matt and Brad put in countless hours playing Mario Kart. It seemed that everytime there was a lull in the conversation, one of them was saying, "We'll just play a quick game."

While they played video games, Victoria and I made cookies and drank wine. Too fun! After trying a new recipe for Chocolate Mint Sandwich cookies, I looked at the fine print of the recipe and discovered EACH cookie had 647 calories!!! Needless to say, that was the first and last year this house will be eating those cookies.

Our Christmas picture... it could also double as a high school prom photo. Good thing Matt got all dressed up for the picture ;).

Alice was more than a little excited for Christmas morning. It seems this little girl loves presents!