whoa!

christmastime!!

xmas morning... after opening presents. and, yes, clay is wearing his brand-new, homemade snuggie : ) and, ofcourse, chloe got a snuggie too

chloe and her "water machine." she looooves this thing!! she told santa that she wanted a water machine for xmas. at first i was like: umm.... a water machine? what the hell? i didnt want to ask her too many questions about what the heck a water machine was cause "santa" is supposed to know these things, right? but... santa pulled through and delivered just the kind of "water machine" chloe wanted... YES!
clay got a new painted turtle from santa. he named him "squirt". him and jack are getting along just fine...all dressed up

this, folks, is a whip cream roll and it is the highlight of our christmas dinner. pure yumminess!!

the whole fam went back to Minnesota & Wisconsin a couple days after xmas. chloe had never been there and clay and i hadn't been back for almost 10 years. i had totally forgotten just how fricking cold it is there!!! but the snow is amazing and we all had a blast playing in it : )

my grandpa is kind of a hard core green bay packer fan. i was kinda like... whoa!

and here he is... my grandpa. he's battling throat cancer at the moment and the doctors say things arent looking too good for him : ( but he was in great spirits and sooo happy that we came to visit!!here's me and my dear grandma... she wasnt used to having a vegetarian in staying at her house cause well... everything is meat and potatoes in the midwest!!! ahhh!!!! but i survived... i mean, Wisconsin IS known for its cheese and, man oh man, its delicious!!! happy christmas to all!!