Christmas Overall

Overall this Christmas has been wonderful. I've been stressed out all month buying presents, wrapping presents, decorating, and baking, but I'm so happy once Christmas is finally here. I love spending time with all of my family, we are such a great family.

In one day all the stress is left behind and only happiness remains. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Renee, Peter, Sam, Cari, Laurel, Brandi, Matt, and all the boys for making this truely the most wonderful time of the year. Merry Christmas!

Christmas with Dad

Here we are, back at my house spending some Christmas time with my dad. We hung out here for a while before going to the movies to see "Bedtime Stories". We exchanged gifts, ate some more, played darts, and video games.

Christmas at Grandma's

While at my mom's we had a delicious breakfast. Eggs goldenrod, Cinnamon roll cassarole, and Peters specialty, Spam ,greenbeans, and rice. Yumm! After breakfast we all hung around the house for a while before opening presents. The kids played Lego's and a marble game that Sam brought over, which kept them all busy.

We all had a great morning, thanks mom. After that, Sam, Cari, Porter, Carter and us went back to my house for a bit .

Christmas at Home

It's Christmas morning and we're at home opening our presents and looking in our stockings. We really did get everything we asked for and more. Renee got tons of Big Dog stuff (her favorite). Justin got everything RockBand and even the X Box he was hoping for. Branden got all the paintball gear he wanted. Peter didn't ask for much, but he got the few things he asked for. I was happy as always with my stocking stuffers....makeup, lip gloss, lotions, soap, frangrances.... all my favorites. It was a great morning and we weren't done yet. We had to get ready and go to grandmas house.

Special Delivery

Baby Memphis Gene Downing arrived late Thanksgiving night.

I was so exited to be apart of his arrival. Brandi and Matt did a great job in the delivery room. It was a long process, but everything turned out great. These are just a few pictures of Memphis in the hospital, coming home and with his mommy and daddy.

Mr. Ref

Here's Branden in his Ref uniform. It's his first job, and he looks so handsome. The season is ending, but he's been picked up to work the allstar game. Does that mean he's an allstar ref? I think so.

Go Bruins!

Okay, so it's my first time posting or blogging for that matter. I haven't made it to many of Justins day games since I've been in school, but one of the parents have been taking photos and I just downloaded a few. Here's Justin in action. He must be light on his feet.