I have been a bit slack, as a few followers pointed out. I am thrilled I have followers and yet stressed because I guess I should produce more. I plan to blog about my baby dog Myles later this week, but for now how about I share our Christmas pictures with the kids. Piper was very sweet in the above picture one morning. She was just sitting there admiring all the ornaments up on the tree, I got lucky with that shot.
Piper, Brian and me went to the Botanical Gardens and enjoyed an afternoon of looking at the decorations and hanging out. Piper 'allowed' up to take her picture with Brian.
She was quite the fashionista that day in her glasses, skinny jeans and uggs. After we toured the gardens we headed over to the Eclipse and saw the trees from each state decorated by school children. Piper and I had breakfast with the Grinch at the Gaylord in National Harbor. It was kind of cool. They had good food and showed the original Grinch movie on the big television screens.
Before we knew it Christmas Eve was here and we found ourselves at the Washington Navy Yard for Christmas Eve Mass. Piper got to carry baby Jesus up and put him in the manger. Last year she carried a lamb and Mary. It was very sweet.
Here Piper is with her brother Brian and sister Kaitlyn at mass. She loves having her older brother and sister around. On Christmas morning Piper woke up to find herself in a sea of pink...a pink sheer canopy above her bed. She has been fascinated with a canopy since Brad stayed in a hotel in Albany earlier in the summer that had one. Then she came downstairs to find her girls in their new trundle bed, from Santa!
The rest of us were pretty excited with our gifts as well. Brian realized that he is now really 21 and got his first gift of liquor in the form of mini liquor bottles in his stocking. I thought maybe he should try the higher end vodkas. 
I surprised Brad by getting him a full box of Mark Schlereth's stinkin' good green chili. It is delicious and I think we need to order more. He ate a tub of it the first day!
Then Kaitlyn gave Piper a super gift, it was Shrek Operation, talk about a hit, Piper loves it. I laugh every time Piper is playing and hits a side and it goes 'zith' you should see her jump!
So, what about my Christmas? It was great! Brad gave me a total surprise and got a TRX suspension training system. I am still learning how it works and getting used to the exercises but so far so good. I also received some wonderful Raiders gifts from Myles. He is the best shopper. I got a new hat, pj bottoms and of course the 'spirit' gloves you see in the picture. Ahh yes and Brad totally spoiled me with a Tiffany box as well. He is a great shopper. 
Finally here is Piper with her new cash register. For those of you not fortunate enough to shop at her 'shop' in the kitchen...you can purchase anything on her table, and it's a wide assortment of stuff. Then you can own these items for 4 days, and then they must be returned and she will sell them again. The cash register is great, I can either give her cash or use the credit card and anything with a bar code can be scanned. The best part is, no matter how much money I give her, she always gives me change back! I love her shop. 
At the end of the holidays we went to ICE!
I always love doing a Christmas time outing with the Salamone's! It was cold but really colorful and fun to see 12 scenes from the Grinch that Stole Christmas. New Year's was spent with the
Healy's and Salamone's. Happy 2011!
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