The Joy of Christmas Morning

Oh, to be a child again on Christmas morning! Boston had a blast opening his presents from Santa. Santa hooked Boston up with the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, books, DVD's and what he wanted most of all - CANDY!

Christmas with the VanderHorst Family

After opening presents from Santa, we went to my parents house. My mom always prepares a yummy a spread for breakfast. It's a tradition that I'm glad has lasted through the years. Boston had fun handing out the gifts to everyone. (and helping them unwrap) My grandparents gave me a T-shirt from my favorite ice cream joint- Ethel's Dew Drop Inn in upstate New York. LOVE IT! Notice the picture of my poor mother. She had a black eye for Christmas this year as a result from surgery. She had bad case of skin cancer that's been growing for at least 2 years. (of course, we didn't know about it until it grew out from the inside and finally made it to the surface) So scary! It just made me want to cry to see her like that, but we're are lucky they caught it when they did. After a 4 hour procedure, the doctors were able to remove all the cancer. We have A LOT to be grateful for this Christmas.

Christmas with the Marco Family

After celebrating Christmas with my family, we went to celebrate with Chris's family. What a FULL day of fun. As usual, Chris got a lot of Red Skins stuff. We all chipped in and got Rhonda her first Coach purse. She was thrilled but I forgot to take a picture. We hooked dad up with some sweet Harley Davidson gear. Brent got Guitar Hero III and we jammed the rest of the night. Lots of fun.

New Years 2008 into 2009

We spent new years with great friends in our own private VIP room at Tap in downtown Atlanta. Shelley is the manager there and hooked us up big time. We had a great view overlooking Peachtree Street and 14th Street. (thanks Shelley!) We had a great time. Happy New Year to all! Let's make this one the best we've ever had!

Family Christmas Card Pictures

These are some of the pictures that we had taken at Portrait Innovations for our family Chirstmas card.

Boston Visits Santa

We took Boston to see Santa at the Mall of Georgia. We had a 45 minute wait to see Santa so we had plenty of time to prep Boston for his encounter with Jolly Old St. Nick. Boston was not shy at all when it was finally his turn to sit on Santa's lap. Boston climbed right up there and proceeded to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Actually, before Santa could even ask, "What do you want for Christmas?", Bossy was rattling off, "Mario, candy, M&M's, Thomas the Train and Iron Man." Pretty funny. All in all, it was a successful journey to the mock north pole.

Christmas Party

Chris and I threw a small holiday party for some of our close friends. It was so great to be with such amazing friends around the holidays. Of course, Chris and I wore our tacky Christmas sweaters. I felt like an old lady, but it was still funny. We played a white elephant gift exchange game that generated some good laughs. With good friends and good company, you really can’t go wrong. We are so lucky and extremely grateful to have such wonderful friends.