Last bit of Christmas...

Well these Christmas posts seem to be never ending! The truth is, with little ones in the house, i just can't get enough of it. We celebrate every tradition we can possibly think of, i am just sorry it took so long to share them with you.

One of our favorite traditions is our week of baking! I have always taken off the week before Christmas to spend with brooke and now brooke and kate. We love to bake and this year was no exception. We decided to make treat platters for all of our neighborhood friends. Check them out!

Mmmmmm Chocolate!
Brooke and I are kinda famous for our "christmas popcorn." Brooke starts asking me around December 1st if we are going to make it and if we have received any "orders." It's not like we charge for it, we have just done if for so many years now that people expect it and start calling us looking for it. Yes, it is that good!

Santa was good to the girls this year because they are good girls! Kate got her Leapster Explorer, Baby Alive and the Polar Bear Alive (which actually came from aunt Bootsy). This year she also finally embraced the tradition of stocking stuffers! How can you not adore this face?


Brooke got her ipod touch 4g and it was even engraved which proved to her that santa is real because there is no way jay or i could do it!


I think that brings 2010 to a close we started off 2011 optimistically but sadly, it was short lived. On January 30th, we lost Jay's younger brother Matthew. His death was untimely and unexplained. Our hearts our filled with great sadness at this seemingly senseless loss. Jay and i have spent countless hours reminding each other that our Faith is strong and that at the foundation of our Christian belief is that our time on earth is short and that after death, our true life begins, in our Father's Home. Matthew, my brother, my friend, you are loved, your smile remains in our hearts forever. Until we meet again.