Christmas in January

I got so busy after christmas I didn't have time to post some of the pictures of the fun we had over the holiday. So here they are, better late than never.

Me showing off a shirt I got from Em and Mel

Mom opening her necklace we got for her (we sent her on a wild goose chase /scavenger hunt just to find it!)

Jodi, ever the model, shows off a new shirt.

Em smiling big in her new fleece. She wouldn't take it off once she unwrapped it!

David and his favorite present of all--an ipod!

Mom and Jodi looking at pictures on jodi's computer. Nice fire, huh?

> Jodi enjoying our mimosa's on christmas day

< Another classic pose from Jodi. New shirt again.

The architects discussing very important stuff....like who gets to eat the oranges first =)

David and his new safety glasses. He looks smokin' in them--now I've just got to get him to wear them in his shop!


After christmas, we did some fun stuff like going to one of David's job sites to see what the house looked like in progress. Here is everyone poring over the site plan before going in the house.
We also went to the main Seattle public library. This is a cool building. This picture was taken from about 3 floors up.

It was a rainy day--so we were doing our best to keep dry. But now Em, Jodi and Mom know what a typical winter day is like in Seattle.

We had a great time. Em helped us fix the fence in places, Mom and I planted tulip bulbs outside (I can only hope they will come up in the spring since we planted them so late!), and Jodi showed us some funny emails.

The christmas crabcakes were good, but a pain in the *** to make. It will probably be awhile before I make them again. And mom made a big pot of chili before she left which we enjoyed for days afterward. It was so good. No one makes chili like mom! I felt so lucky to have family at our new house for this holiday. It really was special for me and David, and we thank everyone for helping to make it happen.