Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we go to church then head over to Dad & Mom's place. There is just a small group of us misfits that have no where else to go.

Here's a picture of Brian & Felicity. I took the background out of it in my Photoshop. I like the way it brings out their faces.

Sis made the big trip across the hall. She didn't want Brian to take her picture so this is the best we got.

Here's what Lynn calls a "pose." We had to take 3 before she was ok with it. She still didn't want me to keep the picture.

Not really sure what Paul is doing here, just wanted to add the pic.

This isn't the most flattering pose, but it was spur of the moment. Chad picked up my camera and snapped it. Paul's raspberry wine was Delicious!

Chris & Patti actually got to pose for this one. I think it is a great picture of them.

Here's Jordy and Megan as they were headed out the door. They had another party to go to.

I got a quick shot of these three before they headed out the door for the Ziehlke Christmas. We usually don't get to see them on Christmas eve but church was earlier this year. I think Felicity was saying "hi" as she was waving to me.

Chad decided to try Grandma's slush, he wasn't quite sure if he liked it or not. I guess I didn't get any pictures of Dad & Mom. They really were there, I promise.

Eat that Present

Here she is again, eating the present we gave her to hold. Everything in her mouth, but that's what babies do.

Eat that Tree

I tried to get some pictures of Felicity with the Christmas tree last night. Every time I sat her by it she had to try to eat it. These are the best pictures I got. We tried everything to get her to look at us, nothing worked.

Oh well, they are still precious.

Steak & Lobster Night 2008

We had our third annual Steak & Lobster night at the Koontz house. We started with just our two families and it has grown over the last couple years. We have way too much to eat and then end up laying around cause we can't move. This year we had a some newbies, Bob & Kathy Messman. There was quite a storm going on and they weren't going to make it. They decided to come anyway. We are glad they could join us. Bob & Tammy's driveway is the longest part of the drive for the rest of us. Bob's daughter Kristen and her fiance Dave came from St Paul, but they stayed the night. Casey's parents, Charlie and Carol, always provide small presents for everyone. Last year, Santa dropped them off at the patio door. This year, we played a little game where you could steal someone's. Most of us ended up trading with someone when we were all done. It is a great time and we can't wait for next year.

Here's a picture of the gang hanging out in the kitchen, waiting for the food to be ready. It looks like Cole is in the middle of one of his stories. He is pretty darn entertaining.

Here's Kathy and me just hanging out, catching up with each other's lives.

Kylee and Jordan, (Casey's little cousin) have become quite good friends over the last couple years. They both get presents from everyone on this night.

Kylee had to help Felicity with her presents. She just likes to eat the paper.

Here's Kristen and Dave watching the madness while the gift game was going on. I wonder what they think of our extended family?

Dave & Kristen's dog, Norman, loved Casey. He was all over her like this the whole night. He knows who the dog lover of the family is.

Kylee got a Vtech game from us. Here is Brian "showing" her how to use it. I think she was pretty bored and ready to do it herself.

I didn't realize that we didn't get pictures of everyone from this night. Oh well, I will try to do better next time.

Time for Some More Oldies

Family Pictures

What a group this is. I think this was taken at church. We all look pretty happy, kinda, except for Patti. Probably mad cause I was on Dad's lap too.
This was taken at Doyles. We had it taken as a surprise for Dad & Mom. We are pretty cool here, especially Lorin in the front. This must have been in the leisure suit days.

Felicity's Smiles

I couldn't resist posting this picture. I just love it. She can really be a ham for the camera, already.

Here she is with Great Grandpa. We don't get too many pictures of him so this is pretty special to us.

Cold Day

I had an interesting morning. I got up and BBBRRRRR, it was cold in here. About 50 degrees. The furnace wasn't working. I called Brian and he tried to talk me through "fixing the furnace" That didn't work. I have no idea how a furnace works or what he was even trying to have me do. So, I called my trusty neighbor Bob. He came and tried to fix it for 3 hours. Didn't work. He started the fireplace down stairs. We just bought one of those infrared heater thingys. I hadn't even turned it on yet. I turned it on upstairs, and with the fireplace down stairs it is now finally about 70 in here. It was a long cold day here though. We didn't want to pay for a Sunday service call so I will call them in the morning. AAAUUGGGHHH. This stuff always happens when Brian is gone.

Here is my best friend for the day:

This is what I saw all day..............
You can't really see the heater, it is right at my feet.