The holidays....

By now, you have either heard about Thanksgiving or were a part of the festivities. No sense rehashing that fun time and you have seen the pictures from the "day after."

Christmas Eve was lovely at Rich and Diane's house. The food was wonderful, as always, and I even drove home! So unusual....

The highlight was Ian's gift from Aunt Diane - dickies! Just like the type made famous by Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Ian spent the remainder of his Christmas break wearing the dickies with a variety of sweaters and shirts. I have to say he looked great in them, when worn appropriately of course. But he still wont let me buy him turtlenecks...go figure. A moose mug, some white leather shoes and belt and Ian has next Halloween ready to go!

Rob and I went to our usual Christmas tree location -- Luchsinger's Farms in Lafayette. This is our 1st foray into tree selection without Ian. We spent more time checking out the cows than the trees. Although our tree was beautiful, Rob would rather have brought home a cow.

Tip- Do not let a cow lick you....ever! Their tongues are rougher than sandpaper...I needed lotion on my hand for weeks to regenerate the skin cells.

Christmas morning was almost Christmas afternoon once Ian was finally up and awake enough to open presents.

As always, Santa brings a lot of books. I wish I had been able to capture Rob and Ian in the same picture reading their Christmas presents.