oh, you mean X-mas. you must be using and archaic pronunciation, like when you say ask instead of aks

last thursday, josh and i braved blizzard #2 (blizzard #1 can be seen in a previous post) to travel to indiana. we got to DIA and were suprised to see that our flight was still on schedule, but were told to watch the monitor and listen to the announcements. we finally got on the plane and had to wait for it to be de-iced before we could take off. i was rather impressed that we took off at all considering how much snow we got. mamsis and trink were kind enough to pick us up at 1:30 am and even get us (eggnog for me) shakes!

on friday i met my nephew Ellis and was overwhelmed at his cuteness even josh enjoyed playing with him. then we had our pictures taken. there were 130 pictures taken of eli; josh and me: 6. he makes for a cuter model i suppose. i spent the rest of the day playing with babies and wrapping prezzies for mamsis. ellis tried to help, but he just sat on the bed. babies are NOT very good helpers


saturday was Christmas! i got loads of prezzies. but it was much more fun to see everyone else open theirs. i am finally and adult, sigh. but here is a mini showcase.

i got dinosaur rain boots for silas and mamsis found a matching rain slicker. everytime silas wanted to go outside, he would grab his boots and ask someone to help him put them on. then it was outside for some puddle jumping
paddington for eli
mallow gun for dad

and cross stich for mamsis

ellis and silas were very excited for christmas, and i think the excitement took its toll on the lads; they both had to take naps before the end of the morning.