Christmas Day

Amy's family came by on Christmas, and we had a great day.
Other than the fact I was pretty sick. And then Katie got pretty sick.
But it just wouldn't be Christmas without Katie puking, would it?

But we did have a great day. Everyone was very generous and we had a lot of fun.
Here's how it looked:



Coming down to see the tree first thing on Christmas morning.

Katie plays with her stocking.

Preparing to hit the loot.

Katie was so patient waiting for family members to arrive.

Sporting the Christmas Antlers(tm).

Trumpet!

A festive change in headgear.

Lego Star Wars for the Wii. Score!

Amy, Katie and The Doctor.

Amy gets more stuff.

How many different ways can you say, "opening presents"?

A book about basses. I am very pleased by this, despite the look of aggressive ennui on my face.

Katie in her special Christmas dress.

Alex, Ash and Katie.

Ryan helps Katie with a gift.

I get into the spirit of Christmas by shooting stuff with a Nerf gun.

Grammy Connie.

Ryan, Snub and Katie.

Webkinz rule.

Katie and Grammy Connie.

Christmas Eve 2007

Our annual tradition is to go to my brother's house in Manchester on Christmas Eve to celebrate with my side of the family, and then spend Christmas Day with Amy's side of the family.

Here's how Christmas Eve 2007 went:



Katie is very excited for the Christmas Eve party.

Rory and Patrick.

Little kid roll call...

Patrick and Katie goofing around.

Katie was so excited, she was literally on the edge of her seat.

Janna, Rory, Rick, Chris and my mother.

Barry prepares to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' to the kids.

A bunch of the kids pretend to be asleep so Santa will come.

My parents.

Kyle plays NHL 08 while Erik and Kristopher watch. And Amy is obviously caught up in the action of the game.

The NHL 08 grudge matches ensue.

Webkinz all around. Thank you, Me'mere!

Webkinz love.

Grammy passing out loot to the kids.

A bunch of the girls getting into the spirit.

Katie playing with the Christmas Village behind the chair on Christmas Eve at our house.

The last clean view of our festive fireplace for several days.

The last clean view of our TV room for several days.

Amy getting warm by the fire on Christmas Eve.

Katie puts out the cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Flying

Look what Amy did tonight...
She went indoor skydiving at Skyventure NH in Nashua for her birthday. She had a 20 minute instruction course and then went for two flights. Here is the second of the two. (She did great.)

Back from The World

We are back from Walt Disney World. We had a great trip, and if you want to read more about it and see a bunch of pictures from the trip, go to our Disney page.

In the meantime, that picture above is now the single greatest picture ever taken of Amy and Katie, I think.

Hockey

I was pulling a bunch of old video off our tapes and putting it on to the hard drive. While doing so I made an Amy highlight reel. This is part 1 - the inline years. It all takes place between 1995 and 1999 sometime.

Apple picking

We went apple picking with Mike and Jenny and Andrew and William. Then we went back to Mike and Jenny's house and AwesomeLunch(tm).
Here's some pictures of it:

Picking out a pumpkin.

Katie and Andrew

Sampling the goods.

Amy and Katie, Jenny and Andrew.

Hayride.

Hayride. (I'm not very creative with the captions today. I was up late.)

Sarah went with us, too.

Bill, Mike and William.

Katie and Andrew in the wagon.