faces of Christmas joy

Hallelujah!!! Santa brought my DS

nothing like cuttin' the rug on Christmas.....get down sistas!

(note Ben in the background playing the long awaited DS)
all snuggled up.......thanks Grandma!

my favorite gift......

Ben bought me the butterfly ring at the student store for $1.00, he was so proud of himself and could not wait for me to open it. A few days before Christmas he and Matt were at Kohl's shopping and Matt jokingly pointed to the jewelry and asked, "think we should get mom one of these?" and Ben replied in a most serious voice, "no, I already got her a ring" :)

snow drift in our backyard for the blizzard on Christmas Eve

Our friend Paul turned 88 the day after Christmas....we had a little party!